#492CB4#492CB4

#492CB4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.199 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492CB4
RGB	rgb(73, 44, 180)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(253, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 75.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.67, 48.86, -67.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.67, 83.07, 306.03°)
OKLab	oklab(42.4% 0.0472 -0.1936)
OKLCH	oklch(42.4% 0.199 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8840, 6.5123, 43.8019)
Luminance	0.0651 (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

#492CB4 #97B42C

analogous

#2C53B4 #492CB4 #8D2CB4

triadic

#492CB4 #B4492C #2CB449

tetradic

#492CB4 #B42C53 #97B42C #2CB48D

square

#492CB4 #B42C53 #97B42C #2CB48D

split-complementary

#492CB4 #B48D2C #53B42C

monochromatic

#211452 #352083 #492CB4 #674AD3 #917CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#492CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#492CB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492CB4

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492CB4	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00536E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 44, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.199 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869cc',
    500: '#492cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492cb4;
$custom-light: #8869cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.794,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42401,
    "c": 0.19926,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492CB4

secondary

#B6C775

accent

#E444C2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492CB4

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

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