#492BAD#492BAD

#492BAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.192 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492BAD
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 173)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 75.1%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.81, 47.30, -64.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.81, 79.91, 306.30°)
OKLab	oklab(41.6% 0.0497 -0.1855)
OKLCH	oklch(41.6% 0.192 285)
XYZ	xyz(11.1521, 6.1607, 40.1285)
Luminance	0.0616 (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

#492BAD #8FAD2B

analogous

#2B4EAD #492BAD #8A2BAD

triadic

#492BAD #AD492B #2BAD49

tetradic

#492BAD #AD2B4E #8FAD2B #2BAD8A

square

#492BAD #AD2B4E #8FAD2B #2BAD8A

split-complementary

#492BAD #AD8A2B #4EAD2B

monochromatic

#20134B #341F7C #492BAD #6545D1 #8D76DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#492BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#492BAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492BAD

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492BAD	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#144F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.192 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768c7',
    500: '#492bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492bad;
$custom-light: #8768c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41595,
    "c": 0.19202,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.06161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492BAD

secondary

#B1C46F

accent

#E344BF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492BAD

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

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