#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
RGBrgb(73, 45, 142)
HSLhsl(257, 52%, 37%)
HSVhsv(257, 68%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(48.6%, 68.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(27.42, 37.01, -49.44)
CIE-LCHlch(27.42, 61.76, 306.82°)
OKLaboklab(39.04% 0.0543 -0.1416)
OKLCHoklch(39.04% 0.152 291)
XYZxyz(8.5671, 5.2459, 26.1471)
Luminance0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##492D8E1.0010.252.0510.25
#FFFFFF10.251.0021.001.00
#0000002.0521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.251.0021.001.00

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

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#492D8E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva