#492CA8#492CA8

#492CA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.185 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492CA8
RGB	rgb(73, 44, 168)
HSL	hsl(254, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 73.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.52, 45.31, -61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.52, 76.69, 306.21°)
OKLab	oklab(41.25% 0.0502 -0.1781)
OKLCH	oklch(41.25% 0.185 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.7141, 6.0444, 37.6403)
Luminance	0.0604 (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

#492CA8 #8BA82C

analogous

#2C4DA8 #492CA8 #872CA8

triadic

#492CA8 #A8492C #2CA849

tetradic

#492CA8 #A82C4D #8BA82C #2CA887

square

#492CA8 #A82C4D #8BA82C #2CA887

split-complementary

#492CA8 #A8872C #4DA82C

monochromatic

#1F1347 #341F78 #492CA8 #6443CE #8C74DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#492CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#492CA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492CA8

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492CA8	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C4E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 44, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.185 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668c3',
    500: '#492ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492ca8;
$custom-light: #8668c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.032,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41246,
    "c": 0.18502,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492CA8

secondary

#AEC26E

accent

#E246BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492CA8

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

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