#492B8A#492B8A

#492B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.149 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B8A
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 138)
HSL	hsl(259, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 68.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.67, 36.97, -48.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.67, 60.73, 307.50°)
OKLab	oklab(38.4% 0.057 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(38.4% 0.149 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1977, 4.9789, 24.5689)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B8A #6C8A2B

analogous

#2B3D8A #492B8A #782B8A

triadic

#492B8A #8A492B #2B8A49

tetradic

#492B8A #8A2B3D #6C8A2B #2B8A78

square

#492B8A #8A2B3D #6C8A2B #2B8A78

split-complementary

#492B8A #8A782B #3D8A2B

monochromatic

#180E2D #301C5B #492B8A #623AB9 #8461CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.52

#492B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#492B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B8A

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B8A	1.00	10.52	2.00	10.52
#FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.149 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8266ad',
    500: '#492b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b8a;
$custom-light: #8266ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38398,
    "c": 0.14921,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B8A

secondary

#98B45D

accent

#DC4CAE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B8A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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