#492BA7#492BA7

#492BA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.185 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492BA7
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 167)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 74.3%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.24, 45.54, -61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.24, 76.71, 306.41°)
OKLab	oklab(41.02% 0.0512 -0.1777)
OKLCH	oklch(41.02% 0.185 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.5845, 5.9336, 37.1393)
Luminance	0.0593 (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

#492BA7 #89A72B

analogous

#2B4BA7 #492BA7 #872BA7

triadic

#492BA7 #A7492B #2BA749

tetradic

#492BA7 #A72B4B #89A72B #2BA787

square

#492BA7 #A72B4B #89A72B #2BA787

split-complementary

#492BA7 #A7872B #4BA72B

monochromatic

#1E1246 #341E76 #492BA7 #6341CE #8B72DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#492BA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#492BA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492BA7

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492BA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492BA7	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E4D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492ba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.185 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668c2',
    500: '#492ba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492ba7;
$custom-light: #8668c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492ba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.516,
    "s": 59.048,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4102,
    "c": 0.18489,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492BA7

secondary

#ADC26C

accent

#E246BC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492BA7

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

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