#492CA3#492CA3

#492CA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.179 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492CA3
RGB	rgb(73, 44, 163)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 73%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.06, 43.82, -59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.06, 73.99, 306.32°)
OKLab	oklab(40.78% 0.0513 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(40.78% 0.179 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2572, 5.8616, 35.2342)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492CA3 #86A32C

analogous

#2C4AA3 #492CA3 #842CA3

triadic

#492CA3 #A3492C #2CA349

tetradic

#492CA3 #A32C4A #86A32C #2CA384

square

#492CA3 #A32C4A #86A32C #2CA384

split-complementary

#492CA3 #A3842C #4AA32C

monochromatic

#1E1243 #331F73 #492CA3 #6241CC #8A71D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#492CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#492CA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492CA3

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492CA3	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#224C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 44, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.179 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568bf',
    500: '#492ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492ca3;
$custom-light: #8568bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.622,
    "s": 57.488,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40776,
    "c": 0.17899,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492CA3

secondary

#ABC06B

accent

#E147BB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492CA3

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

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