#492C66#492C66

#492C66 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.100 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492C66
RGB	rgb(73, 44, 102)
HSL	hsl(270, 40%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 57%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 56.9%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.25, 26.11, -29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.25, 39.19, 311.77°)
OKLab	oklab(35.79% 0.0575 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(35.79% 0.1 305)
XYZ	xyz(6.0461, 4.1772, 13.0556)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 8.60

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492C66 #49662C

analogous

#2C2C66 #492C66 #662C66

triadic

#492C66 #66492C #2C6649

tetradic

#492C66 #662C2C #49662C #2C6666

square

#492C66 #662C2C #49662C #2C6666

split-complementary

#492C66 #66662C #2C662C

monochromatic

#0F0915 #2A1A3B #492C66 #683E91 #8656B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#492C66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#492C66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492C66

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492C66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492C66	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#193968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223A65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443744

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492c66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 44, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.100 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6692',
    500: '#492c66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492c66;
$custom-light: #7e6692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492c66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3579,
    "c": 0.10034,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.04177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492C66

secondary

#779856

accent

#D05894

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF1

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492C66

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

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