#492CA4#492CA4

#492CA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.180 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492CA4
RGB	rgb(73, 44, 164)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 73.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.15, 44.12, -60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.15, 74.53, 306.30°)
OKLab	oklab(40.87% 0.0511 -0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(40.87% 0.18 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3472, 5.8976, 35.7079)
Luminance	0.0590 (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

#492CA4 #87A42C

analogous

#2C4BA4 #492CA4 #852CA4

triadic

#492CA4 #A4492C #2CA449

tetradic

#492CA4 #A42C4B #87A42C #2CA485

square

#492CA4 #A42C4B #87A42C #2CA485

split-complementary

#492CA4 #A4852C #4BA42C

monochromatic

#1E1243 #341F74 #492CA4 #6341CC #8A71D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#492CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#492CA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492CA4

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492CA4	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#214C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 44, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.180 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668c0',
    500: '#492ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492ca4;
$custom-light: #8668c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4087,
    "c": 0.1802,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492CA4

secondary

#ACC06B

accent

#E147BC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492CA4

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

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