#492BAE#492BAE

#492BAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.193 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492BAE
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 174)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 75.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.91, 47.60, -64.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.91, 80.44, 306.28°)
OKLab	oklab(41.69% 0.0495 -0.1868)
OKLCH	oklch(41.69% 0.193 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2492, 6.1995, 40.6401)
Luminance	0.0620 (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

#492BAE #90AE2B

analogous

#2B4FAE #492BAE #8A2BAE

triadic

#492BAE #AE492B #2BAE49

tetradic

#492BAE #AE2B4F #90AE2B #2BAE8A

square

#492BAE #AE2B4F #90AE2B #2BAE8A

split-complementary

#492BAE #AE8A2B #4FAE2B

monochromatic

#20134C #341F7D #492BAE #6545D1 #8E76DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#492BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#492BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492BAE

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492BAE	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12506B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.193 284.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.74,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41691,
    "c": 0.19321,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492BAE

secondary

#B1C570

accent

#E444BF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492BAE

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

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