#492CB1#492CB1

#492CB1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.196 H 284.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492CB1
RGB	rgb(73, 44, 177)
HSL	hsl(253, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 75.1%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.38, 47.97, -65.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.38, 81.48, 306.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.11% 0.048 -0.1898)
OKLCH	oklch(42.11% 0.196 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5817, 6.3914, 42.2098)
Luminance	0.0639 (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

#492CB1 #94B12C

analogous

#2C51B1 #492CB1 #8B2CB1

triadic

#492CB1 #B1492C #2CB149

tetradic

#492CB1 #B12C51 #94B12C #2CB18B

square

#492CB1 #B12C51 #94B12C #2CB18B

split-complementary

#492CB1 #B18B2C #51B12C

monochromatic

#21144F #352080 #492CB1 #6649D2 #8F7ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#492CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#492CB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492CB1

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492CB1	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A516C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 44, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.196 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869c9',
    500: '#492cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492cb1;
$custom-light: #8869c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.083,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42109,
    "c": 0.19574,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492CB1

secondary

#B4C673

accent

#E344C1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492CB1

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

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