#492CA9#492CA9

#492CA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.186 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492CA9
RGB	rgb(73, 44, 169)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 74%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.62, 45.60, -62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.62, 77.23, 306.19°)
OKLab	oklab(41.34% 0.0499 -0.1794)
OKLCH	oklch(41.34% 0.186 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.8076, 6.0818, 38.1328)
Luminance	0.0608 (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

#492CA9 #8CA92C

analogous

#2C4EA9 #492CA9 #882CA9

triadic

#492CA9 #A9492C #2CA949

tetradic

#492CA9 #A92C4E #8CA92C #2CA988

square

#492CA9 #A92C4E #8CA92C #2CA988

split-complementary

#492CA9 #A9882C #4EA92C

monochromatic

#1F1348 #341F78 #492CA9 #6444CE #8C74DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#492CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#492CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492CA9

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492CA9	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B4E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 44, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.186 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668c4',
    500: '#492ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492ca9;
$custom-light: #8668c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.92,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41341,
    "c": 0.18622,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492CA9

secondary

#AFC36E

accent

#E246BE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492CA9

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

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