#492CA6#492CA6

#492CA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.183 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492CA6
RGB	rgb(73, 44, 166)
HSL	hsl(254, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 73.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.34, 44.71, -60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.34, 75.61, 306.25°)
OKLab	oklab(41.06% 0.0506 -0.1755)
OKLCH	oklch(41.06% 0.183 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.5292, 5.9704, 36.6666)
Luminance	0.0597 (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

#492CA6 #89A62C

analogous

#2C4CA6 #492CA6 #862CA6

triadic

#492CA6 #A6492C #2CA649

tetradic

#492CA6 #A62C4C #89A62C #2CA686

square

#492CA6 #A62C4C #89A62C #2CA686

split-complementary

#492CA6 #A6862C #4CA62C

monochromatic

#1E1245 #341F76 #492CA6 #6342CD #8B73DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#492CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#492CA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492CA6

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492CA6	1.00	9.57	2.19	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F4D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 44, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.183 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668c1',
    500: '#492ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492ca6;
$custom-light: #8668c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.262,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41057,
    "c": 0.18261,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492CA6

secondary

#ADC16D

accent

#E146BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492CA6

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

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