#492D8A#492D8A

#492D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.147 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492D8A
RGB	rgb(73, 45, 138)
HSL	hsl(258, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(258, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 67.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.10, 35.82, -47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.10, 59.49, 307.02°)
OKLab	oklab(38.7% 0.0548 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(38.7% 0.147 292)
XYZ	xyz(8.2722, 5.1279, 24.5938)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492D8A #6E8A2D

analogous

#2D3F8A #492D8A #772D8A

triadic

#492D8A #8A492D #2D8A49

tetradic

#492D8A #8A2D3F #6E8A2D #2D8A77

square

#492D8A #8A2D3F #6E8A2D #2D8A77

split-complementary

#492D8A #8A772D #3F8A2D

monochromatic

#180F2E #311E5C #492D8A #613CB8 #8465CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#492D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#492D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492D8A

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492D8A	1.00	10.37	2.03	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 45, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.147 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8268ad',
    500: '#492d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492d8a;
$custom-light: #8268ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.065,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38701,
    "c": 0.14653,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.05128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492D8A

secondary

#9AB360

accent

#DA4DB0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492D8A

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

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