#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
RGBrgb(73, 44, 164)
HSLhsl(255, 58%, 41%)
HSVhsv(255, 73%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(55.5%, 73.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(29.15, 44.12, -60.07)
CIE-LCHlch(29.15, 74.53, 306.30°)
OKLaboklab(40.87% 0.0511 -0.1728)
OKLCHoklch(40.87% 0.18 286.5)
XYZxyz(10.3472, 5.8976, 35.7079)
Luminance0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

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
##492CA41.009.632.189.63
#FFFFFF9.631.0021.001.00
#0000002.1821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.631.0021.001.00

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

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#492CA4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva