#492B9F#492B9F

#492B9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.175 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B9F
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 159)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 73%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.50, 43.17, -58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.50, 72.39, 306.61°)
OKLab	oklab(40.27% 0.053 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(40.27% 0.175 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.8677, 5.6469, 33.3642)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B9F #819F2B

analogous

#2B479F #492B9F #832B9F

triadic

#492B9F #9F492B #2B9F49

tetradic

#492B9F #9F2B47 #819F2B #2B9F83

square

#492B9F #9F2B47 #819F2B #2B9F83

split-complementary

#492B9F #9F832B #479F2B

monochromatic

#1D113F #331E6F #492B9F #613DCA #886DD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#492B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#492B9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B9F

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B9F	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.175 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567bc',
    500: '#492b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b9f;
$custom-light: #8567bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.517,
    "s": 57.426,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40269,
    "c": 0.17526,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B9F

secondary

#A8BE67

accent

#E147B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B9F

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

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