#492B9A#492B9A

#492B9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.169 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B9A
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 154)
HSL	hsl(256, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 72.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.05, 41.69, -55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.05, 69.65, 306.77°)
OKLab	oklab(39.81% 0.0541 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(39.81% 0.169 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.4426, 5.4769, 31.1252)
Luminance	0.0548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B9A #7C9A2B

analogous

#2B449A #492B9A #802B9A

triadic

#492B9A #9A492B #2B9A49

tetradic

#492B9A #9A2B44 #7C9A2B #2B9A80

square

#492B9A #9A2B44 #7C9A2B #2B9A80

split-complementary

#492B9A #9A802B #449A2B

monochromatic

#1C103A #321E6A #492B9A #613AC8 #876AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.02

#492B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#492B9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B9A

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B9A	1.00	10.02	2.10	10.02
#FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.169 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467b9',
    500: '#492b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b9a;
$custom-light: #8467b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.216,
    "s": 56.345,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3981,
    "c": 0.16915,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B9A

secondary

#A4BC65

accent

#E048B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B9A

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

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