#492B95#492B95

#492B95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.163 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B95
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 149)
HSL	hsl(257, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 71.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.61, 40.21, -53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.61, 66.89, 306.95°)
OKLab	oklab(39.36% 0.0551 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(39.36% 0.163 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.0348, 5.3138, 28.9776)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B95 #77952B

analogous

#2B4295 #492B95 #7E2B95

triadic

#492B95 #95492B #2B9549

tetradic

#492B95 #952B42 #77952B #2B957E

square

#492B95 #952B42 #77952B #2B957E

split-complementary

#492B95 #957E2B #42952B

monochromatic

#1A1036 #321D66 #492B95 #6039C4 #8667D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#492B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#492B95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B95

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B95	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.163 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8367b5',
    500: '#492b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b95;
$custom-light: #8367b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.981,
    "s": 55.208,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39359,
    "c": 0.16299,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B95

secondary

#A1BA62

accent

#DF49B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B95

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

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