#492BA1#492BA1

#492BA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.178 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492BA1
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 161)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 73.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.69, 43.76, -59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.69, 73.47, 306.56°)
OKLab	oklab(40.46% 0.0526 -0.1697)
OKLCH	oklch(40.46% 0.178 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.0426, 5.7169, 34.2856)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492BA1 #83A12B

analogous

#2B48A1 #492BA1 #842BA1

triadic

#492BA1 #A1492B #2BA149

tetradic

#492BA1 #A12B48 #83A12B #2BA184

square

#492BA1 #A12B48 #83A12B #2BA184

split-complementary

#492BA1 #A1842B #48A12B

monochromatic

#1D1140 #331E71 #492BA1 #623ECB #896ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#492BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#492BA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492BA1

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492BA1	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.178 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567be',
    500: '#492ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492ba1;
$custom-light: #8567be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.254,
    "s": 57.843,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40455,
    "c": 0.17768,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492BA1

secondary

#A9BF69

accent

#E147BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492BA1

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

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