#492BA8#492BA8

#492BA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.186 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492BA8
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 168)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 74.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.34, 45.83, -62.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.34, 77.25, 306.39°)
OKLab	oklab(41.12% 0.0509 -0.179)
OKLCH	oklch(41.12% 0.186 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6773, 5.9708, 37.6280)
Luminance	0.0597 (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

#492BA8 #8AA82B

analogous

#2B4CA8 #492BA8 #882BA8

triadic

#492BA8 #A8492B #2BA849

tetradic

#492BA8 #A82B4C #8AA82B #2BA888

square

#492BA8 #A82B4C #8AA82B #2BA888

split-complementary

#492BA8 #A8882B #4CA82B

monochromatic

#1F1247 #341F77 #492BA8 #6342CF #8B72DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#492BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#492BA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492BA8

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492BA8	1.00	9.57	2.19	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C4D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.186 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668c3',
    500: '#492ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492ba8;
$custom-light: #8668c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.4,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41115,
    "c": 0.18609,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492BA8

secondary

#AEC26C

accent

#E245BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492BA8

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

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