#492C8A#492C8A

#492C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.148 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492C8A
RGB	rgb(73, 44, 138)
HSL	hsl(259, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 68.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.88, 36.40, -47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.88, 60.12, 307.26°)
OKLab	oklab(38.55% 0.0559 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(38.55% 0.148 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.2345, 5.0525, 24.5812)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492C8A #6D8A2C

analogous

#2C3E8A #492C8A #782C8A

triadic

#492C8A #8A492C #2C8A49

tetradic

#492C8A #8A2C3E #6D8A2C #2C8A78

square

#492C8A #8A2C3E #6D8A2C #2C8A78

split-complementary

#492C8A #8A782C #3E8A2C

monochromatic

#180E2D #301D5C #492C8A #623BB8 #8463CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#492C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#492C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492C8A

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492C8A	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 44, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.148 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8267ad',
    500: '#492c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492c8a;
$custom-light: #8267ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.511,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38548,
    "c": 0.14788,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492C8A

secondary

#99B45E

accent

#DB4DAF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492C8A

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

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