#492D8E#492D8E

#492D8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.152 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492D8E
RGB	rgb(73, 45, 142)
HSL	hsl(257, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(257, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 68.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.42, 37.01, -49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.42, 61.76, 306.82°)
OKLab	oklab(39.04% 0.0543 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(39.04% 0.152 291)
XYZ	xyz(8.5671, 5.2459, 26.1471)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492D8E #728E2D

analogous

#2D418E #492D8E #7A2D8E

triadic

#492D8E #8E492D #2D8E49

tetradic

#492D8E #8E2D41 #728E2D #2D8E7A

square

#492D8E #8E2D41 #728E2D #2D8E7A

split-complementary

#492D8E #8E7A2D #418E2D

monochromatic

#191031 #311E60 #492D8E #613CBC #8567CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#492D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#492D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492D8E

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492D8E	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 45, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.152 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8268b0',
    500: '#492d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492d8e;
$custom-light: #8268b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.32,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3904,
    "c": 0.15166,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.05246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492D8E

secondary

#9DB561

accent

#DB4CB2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #492D8E

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

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