#492D69#492D69

#492D69 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.103 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492D69
RGB	rgb(73, 45, 105)
HSL	hsl(268, 40%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(268, 57%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 57.1%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.68, 26.31, -30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.68, 40.26, 310.79°)
OKLab	oklab(36.17% 0.0562 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(36.17% 0.103 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2353, 4.3132, 13.8659)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 7.91

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492D69 #4D692D

analogous

#2D2F69 #492D69 #672D69

triadic

#492D69 #69492D #2D6949

tetradic

#492D69 #692D2F #4D692D #2D6967

square

#492D69 #692D2F #4D692D #2D6967

split-complementary

#492D69 #69672D #2F692D

monochromatic

#0F0915 #2B1B3E #492D69 #673F94 #8559B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#492D69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#492D69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492D69

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492D69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492D69	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#173A6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213A68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492d69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 45, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.103 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6794',
    500: '#492d69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492d69;
$custom-light: #7e6794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492d69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36172,
    "c": 0.10265,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492D69

secondary

#7B9B57

accent

#D05898

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF1

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492D69

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

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