#492B98#492B98

#492B98 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.167 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B98
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 152)
HSL	hsl(257, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 71.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.87, 41.10, -54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.87, 68.55, 306.84°)
OKLab	oklab(39.63% 0.0545 -0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(39.63% 0.167 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.2774, 5.4108, 30.2552)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B98 #7A982B

analogous

#2B4398 #492B98 #7F2B98

triadic

#492B98 #98492B #2B9849

tetradic

#492B98 #982B43 #7A982B #2B987F

square

#492B98 #982B43 #7A982B #2B987F

split-complementary

#492B98 #987F2B #43982B

monochromatic

#1B1039 #321E68 #492B98 #6039C7 #8769D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#492B98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#492B98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B98

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B98	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.167 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467b7',
    500: '#492b98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b98;
$custom-light: #8467b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.514,
    "s": 55.897,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39628,
    "c": 0.16669,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B98

secondary

#A3BB64

accent

#DF49B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B98

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

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