#492D4E#492D4E

#492D4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.066 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492D4E
RGB	rgb(73, 45, 78)
HSL	hsl(291, 27%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(291, 42%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 42.3%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.15, 19.37, -15.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.15, 24.59, 321.98°)
OKLab	oklab(34.53% 0.0519 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(34.53% 0.066 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.0610, 3.8435, 7.6815)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492D4E #324E2D

analogous

#392D4E #492D4E #4E2D43

triadic

#492D4E #4E492D #2D4E49

tetradic

#492D4E #4E392D #324E2D #2D434E

square

#492D4E #4E392D #324E2D #2D434E

split-complementary

#492D4E #434E2D #2D4E39

monochromatic

#120B13 #251727 #492D4E #6D4375 #925A9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#492D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#492D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492D4E

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492D4E	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29354F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30384D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A313A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 45, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.066 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c667f',
    500: '#492d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492d4e;
$custom-light: #7c667f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.909,
    "s": 26.829,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34529,
    "c": 0.06643,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492D4E

secondary

#5D8057

accent

#C36573

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEEBEE

border

#C9C6C9

text

#09060A

muted

#7B7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #492D4E

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

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