#492C73#492C73

#492C73 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.118 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492C73
RGB	rgb(73, 44, 115)
HSL	hsl(265, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 62%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 61.7%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.12, 29.72, -36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.12, 46.84, 309.39°)
OKLab	oklab(36.71% 0.0578 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(36.71% 0.118 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7421, 4.4556, 16.7211)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492C73 #56732C

analogous

#2C3273 #492C73 #6C2C73

triadic

#492C73 #73492C #2C7349

tetradic

#492C73 #732C32 #56732C #2C736C

square

#492C73 #732C32 #56732C #2C736C

split-complementary

#492C73 #736C2C #32732C

monochromatic

#110A1A #2D1B47 #492C73 #653D9F #835AC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#492C73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#492C73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492C73

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492C73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492C73	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#053B75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#143B71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492c73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 44, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.118 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f669c',
    500: '#492c73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492c73;
$custom-light: #7f669c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492c73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.507,
    "s": 44.654,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36715,
    "c": 0.11783,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492C73

secondary

#85A556

accent

#D453A0

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492C73

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

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