#492BA9#492BA9

#492BA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.187 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492BA9
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 169)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 74.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.43, 46.13, -62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.43, 77.78, 306.37°)
OKLab	oklab(41.21% 0.0507 -0.1803)
OKLCH	oklch(41.21% 0.187 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.7708, 6.0082, 38.1206)
Luminance	0.0601 (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

#492BA9 #8BA92B

analogous

#2B4CA9 #492BA9 #882BA9

triadic

#492BA9 #A9492B #2BA949

tetradic

#492BA9 #A92B4C #8BA92B #2BA988

square

#492BA9 #A92B4C #8BA92B #2BA988

split-complementary

#492BA9 #A9882B #4CA92B

monochromatic

#1F1247 #341F78 #492BA9 #6442CF #8C73DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#492BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#492BA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492BA9

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492BA9	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B4E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.187 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768c4',
    500: '#492ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492ba9;
$custom-light: #8768c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4121,
    "c": 0.18727,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492BA9

secondary

#AEC36D

accent

#E345BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492BA9

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

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