#492C9B#492C9B

#492C9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.169 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492C9B
RGB	rgb(73, 44, 155)
HSL	hsl(256, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 71.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.34, 41.44, -55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.34, 69.62, 306.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.04% 0.053 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(40.04% 0.169 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.5630, 5.5839, 31.5779)
Luminance	0.0558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492C9B #7E9B2C

analogous

#2C479B #492C9B #812C9B

triadic

#492C9B #9B492C #2C9B49

tetradic

#492C9B #9B2C47 #7E9B2C #2C9B81

square

#492C9B #9B2C47 #7E9B2C #2C9B81

split-complementary

#492C9B #9B812C #479B2C

monochromatic

#1C113C #331E6B #492C9B #613CC8 #886CD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#492C9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#492C9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492C9B

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492C9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492C9B	1.00	9.92	2.12	9.92
#FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492c9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 44, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.169 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468b9',
    500: '#492c9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492c9b;
$custom-light: #8468b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492c9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.676,
    "s": 55.779,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4004,
    "c": 0.16921,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492C9B

secondary

#A6BC67

accent

#DF49B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492C9B

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

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