#492CB3#492CB3

#492CB3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.198 H 283.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492CB3
RGB	rgb(73, 44, 179)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(253, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 75.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.57, 48.56, -66.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.57, 82.54, 306.04°)
OKLab	oklab(42.3% 0.0475 -0.1923)
OKLCH	oklch(42.3% 0.198 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7825, 6.4717, 43.2674)
Luminance	0.0647 (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

#492CB3 #96B32C

analogous

#2C52B3 #492CB3 #8C2CB3

triadic

#492CB3 #B3492C #2CB349

tetradic

#492CB3 #B32C52 #96B32C #2CB38C

square

#492CB3 #B32C52 #96B32C #2CB38C

split-complementary

#492CB3 #B38C2C #52B32C

monochromatic

#211451 #352082 #492CB3 #674AD2 #907BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#492CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#492CB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492CB3

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492CB3	1.00	9.15	2.29	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04526E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 44, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.198 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869cb',
    500: '#492cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492cb3;
$custom-light: #8869cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.889,
    "s": 60.538,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42303,
    "c": 0.19809,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492CB3

secondary

#B5C774

accent

#E444C1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492CB3

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

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