#492D8D#492D8D

#492D8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.150 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492D8D
RGB	rgb(73, 45, 141)
HSL	hsl(258, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(258, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 68.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.34, 36.71, -48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.34, 61.20, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(38.96% 0.0544 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(38.96% 0.15 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.4924, 5.2160, 25.7535)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492D8D #718D2D

analogous

#2D418D #492D8D #792D8D

triadic

#492D8D #8D492D #2D8D49

tetradic

#492D8D #8D2D41 #718D2D #2D8D79

square

#492D8D #8D2D41 #718D2D #2D8D79

split-complementary

#492D8D #8D792D #418D2D

monochromatic

#190F30 #311E5F #492D8D #613CBB #8566CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#492D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#492D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492D8D

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492D8D	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 45, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.150 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8268af',
    500: '#492d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492d8d;
$custom-light: #8268af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38955,
    "c": 0.15038,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492D8D

secondary

#9CB561

accent

#DB4DB2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492D8D

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

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