#492D7B#492D7B

#492D7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.127 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492D7B
RGB	rgb(73, 45, 123)
HSL	hsl(262, 46%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(262, 63%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 63.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.93, 31.41, -39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.93, 50.85, 308.15°)
OKLab	oklab(37.49% 0.0562 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(37.49% 0.127 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2603, 4.7232, 19.2642)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492D7B #5F7B2D

analogous

#2D387B #492D7B #702D7B

triadic

#492D7B #7B492D #2D7B49

tetradic

#492D7B #7B2D38 #5F7B2D #2D7B70

square

#492D7B #7B2D38 #5F7B2D #2D7B70

split-complementary

#492D7B #7B702D #387B2D

monochromatic

#140C21 #2E1D4E #492D7B #643DA8 #835EC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#492D7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#492D7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492D7B

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492D7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492D7B	1.00	10.80	1.94	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#063C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492d7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 45, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.127 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8067a2',
    500: '#492d7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492d7b;
$custom-light: #8067a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492d7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.538,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37489,
    "c": 0.12692,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492D7B

secondary

#8DAB59

accent

#D652A7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0A060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492D7B

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

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