#492C81#492C81

#492C81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.136 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492C81
RGB	rgb(73, 44, 129)
HSL	hsl(260, 49%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(260, 66%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 65.9%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.16, 33.75, -43.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.16, 54.97, 307.88°)
OKLab	oklab(37.8% 0.057 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(37.8% 0.136 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6097, 4.8026, 21.2907)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.15

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492C81 #64812C

analogous

#2C3A81 #492C81 #742C81

triadic

#492C81 #81492C #2C8149

tetradic

#492C81 #812C3A #64812C #2C8174

square

#492C81 #812C3A #64812C #2C8174

split-complementary

#492C81 #81742C #3A812C

monochromatic

#150D26 #2F1C53 #492C81 #633CAF #835FC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#492C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#492C81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492C81

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492C81	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 44, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.136 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8167a6',
    500: '#492c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492c81;
$custom-light: #8167a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.471,
    "s": 49.133,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37803,
    "c": 0.13628,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492C81

secondary

#92AF5A

accent

#D94FAA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492C81

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

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