#492CA7#492CA7

#492CA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.184 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492CA7
RGB	rgb(73, 44, 167)
HSL	hsl(254, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 73.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.43, 45.01, -61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.43, 76.15, 306.23°)
OKLab	oklab(41.15% 0.0504 -0.1768)
OKLCH	oklch(41.15% 0.184 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6213, 6.0073, 37.1516)
Luminance	0.0601 (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

#492CA7 #8AA72C

analogous

#2C4DA7 #492CA7 #872CA7

triadic

#492CA7 #A7492C #2CA749

tetradic

#492CA7 #A72C4D #8AA72C #2CA787

square

#492CA7 #A72C4D #8AA72C #2CA787

split-complementary

#492CA7 #A7872C #4DA72C

monochromatic

#1F1246 #341F77 #492CA7 #6343CD #8B73DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#492CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#492CA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492CA7

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492CA7	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E4E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 44, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.184 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668c2',
    500: '#492ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492ca7;
$custom-light: #8668c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.146,
    "s": 58.294,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41151,
    "c": 0.18382,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492CA7

secondary

#AEC26D

accent

#E246BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492CA7

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

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