#492BB9#492BB9

#492BB9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.206 H 283.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492BB9
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 185)
HSL	hsl(253, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(253, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 76.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.99, 50.82, -69.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.99, 86.20, 306.13°)
OKLab	oklab(42.77% 0.0466 -0.2007)
OKLCH	oklch(42.77% 0.206 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.3658, 6.6462, 46.5208)
Luminance	0.0665 (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

#492BB9 #9BB92B

analogous

#2B54B9 #492BB9 #902BB9

triadic

#492BB9 #B9492B #2BB949

tetradic

#492BB9 #B92B54 #9BB92B #2BB990

square

#492BB9 #B92B54 #9BB92B #2BB990

split-complementary

#492BB9 #B9902B #54B92B

monochromatic

#221456 #351F87 #492BB9 #694CD5 #937EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#492BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#492BB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492BB9

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492BB9	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.206 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969cf',
    500: '#492bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492bb9;
$custom-light: #8969cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.676,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42772,
    "c": 0.20606,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492BB9

secondary

#B8C976

accent

#E542C3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492BB9

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

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