#492BA5#492BA5

#492BA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.182 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492BA5
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 165)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 73.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.06, 44.94, -60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.06, 75.63, 306.46°)
OKLab	oklab(40.83% 0.0517 -0.175)
OKLCH	oklch(40.83% 0.182 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.4010, 5.8603, 36.1731)
Luminance	0.0586 (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

#492BA5 #87A52B

analogous

#2B4AA5 #492BA5 #862BA5

triadic

#492BA5 #A5492B #2BA549

tetradic

#492BA5 #A52B4A #87A52B #2BA586

square

#492BA5 #A52B4A #87A52B #2BA586

split-complementary

#492BA5 #A5862B #4AA52B

monochromatic

#1E1244 #341E74 #492BA5 #6340CD #8A71DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#492BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#492BA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492BA5

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492BA5	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.182 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668c1',
    500: '#492ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492ba5;
$custom-light: #8668c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.754,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4083,
    "c": 0.18249,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492BA5

secondary

#ACC16B

accent

#E246BC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492BA5

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

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