#492BAA#492BAA

#492BAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.188 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492BAA
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 170)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 74.7%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.53, 46.42, -63.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.53, 78.31, 306.35°)
OKLab	oklab(41.31% 0.0505 -0.1816)
OKLCH	oklch(41.31% 0.188 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.8650, 6.0459, 38.6169)
Luminance	0.0605 (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

#492BAA #8CAA2B

analogous

#2B4DAA #492BAA #892BAA

triadic

#492BAA #AA492B #2BAA49

tetradic

#492BAA #AA2B4D #8CAA2B #2BAA89

square

#492BAA #AA2B4D #8CAA2B #2BAA89

split-complementary

#492BAA #AA892B #4DAA2B

monochromatic

#1F1248 #341F79 #492BAA #6443CF #8C74DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#492BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#492BAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492BAA

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492BAA	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#194E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.188 285.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.173,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41306,
    "c": 0.18847,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492BAA

secondary

#AFC36E

accent

#E345BE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492BAA

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

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