#492B8D#492B8D

#492B8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.153 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B8D
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 141)
HSL	hsl(258, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(258, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 69.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.92, 37.85, -49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.92, 62.42, 307.33°)
OKLab	oklab(38.66% 0.0565 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(38.66% 0.153 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4179, 5.0670, 25.7286)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B8D #6F8D2B

analogous

#2B3E8D #492B8D #7A2B8D

triadic

#492B8D #8D492B #2B8D49

tetradic

#492B8D #8D2B3E #6F8D2B #2B8D7A

square

#492B8D #8D2B3E #6F8D2B #2B8D7A

split-complementary

#492B8D #8D7A2B #3E8D2B

monochromatic

#180E2F #311D5E #492B8D #6139BC #8463CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.43

#492B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#492B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B8D

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B8D	1.00	10.43	2.01	10.43
#FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.153 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8267af',
    500: '#492b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b8d;
$custom-light: #8267af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.367,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38655,
    "c": 0.15301,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B8D

secondary

#9BB65E

accent

#DD4BB0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B8D

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

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