#492BA3#492BA3

#492BA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.180 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492BA3
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 163)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 73.6%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.87, 44.35, -59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.87, 74.56, 306.51°)
OKLab	oklab(40.64% 0.0521 -0.1724)
OKLCH	oklch(40.64% 0.18 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.2204, 5.7880, 35.2219)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492BA3 #85A32B

analogous

#2B49A3 #492BA3 #852BA3

triadic

#492BA3 #A3492B #2BA349

tetradic

#492BA3 #A32B49 #85A32B #2BA385

square

#492BA3 #A32B49 #85A32B #2BA385

split-complementary

#492BA3 #A3852B #49A32B

monochromatic

#1E1142 #331E73 #492BA3 #623FCC #8A6FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#492BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#492BA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492BA3

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492BA3	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#224C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.180 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667bf',
    500: '#492ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492ba3;
$custom-light: #8667bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 58.252,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40642,
    "c": 0.18009,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492BA3

secondary

#ABC06A

accent

#E146BB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492BA3

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

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