#492C7E#492C7E

#492C7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.132 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492C7E
RGB	rgb(73, 44, 126)
HSL	hsl(261, 48%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(261, 65%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 65.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.93, 32.88, -41.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.93, 53.24, 308.14°)
OKLab	oklab(37.56% 0.0572 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(37.56% 0.132 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4132, 4.7240, 20.2559)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492C7E #617E2C

analogous

#2C387E #492C7E #722C7E

triadic

#492C7E #7E492C #2C7E49

tetradic

#492C7E #7E2C38 #617E2C #2C7E72

square

#492C7E #7E2C38 #617E2C #2C7E72

split-complementary

#492C7E #7E722C #387E2C

monochromatic

#140C23 #2F1C51 #492C7E #633CAB #835EC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#492C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#492C7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492C7E

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492C7E	1.00	10.80	1.94	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 44, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.132 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8067a4',
    500: '#492c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492c7e;
$custom-light: #8067a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.22,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37562,
    "c": 0.13237,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492C7E

secondary

#8FAD59

accent

#D850A8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492C7E

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

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