#492CB7#492CB7

#492CB7 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.203 H 283.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492CB7
RGB	rgb(73, 44, 183)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(253, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 76%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.96, 49.74, -68.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.96, 84.64, 306.00°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% 0.0464 -0.1974)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.203 283.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1929, 6.6359, 45.4289)
Luminance	0.0664 (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

#492CB7 #9AB72C

analogous

#2C55B7 #492CB7 #8F2CB7

triadic

#492CB7 #B7492C #2CB749

tetradic

#492CB7 #B72C55 #9AB72C #2CB78F

square

#492CB7 #B72C55 #9AB72C #2CB78F

split-complementary

#492CB7 #B78F2C #55B72C

monochromatic

#221454 #352086 #492CB7 #694CD4 #927EE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#492CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#492CB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492CB7

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492CB7	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 44, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.203 283.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969ce',
    500: '#492cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492cb7;
$custom-light: #8969ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.518,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42696,
    "c": 0.20278,
    "h": 283.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492CB7

secondary

#B7C876

accent

#E443C3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492CB7

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

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