#492B8B#492B8B

#492B8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.150 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B8B
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 139)
HSL	hsl(259, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 69.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.76, 37.26, -48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.76, 61.30, 307.44°)
OKLab	oklab(38.48% 0.0568 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(38.48% 0.15 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.2704, 5.0080, 24.9520)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B8B #6D8B2B

analogous

#2B3D8B #492B8B #792B8B

triadic

#492B8B #8B492B #2B8B49

tetradic

#492B8B #8B2B3D #6D8B2B #2B8B79

square

#492B8B #8B2B3D #6D8B2B #2B8B79

split-complementary

#492B8B #8B792B #3D8B2B

monochromatic

#180E2E #301D5C #492B8B #6239BA #8462CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#492B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#492B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B8B

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B8B	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.150 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8266ae',
    500: '#492b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b8b;
$custom-light: #8266ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38483,
    "c": 0.15048,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B8B

secondary

#99B55D

accent

#DC4CAF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B8B

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