#492D99#492D99

#492D99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.166 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492D99
RGB	rgb(73, 45, 153)
HSL	hsl(256, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 70.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.36, 40.29, -54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.36, 67.92, 306.39°)
OKLab	oklab(40% 0.0524 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(40% 0.166 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4341, 5.5927, 30.7132)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492D99 #7D992D

analogous

#2D4799 #492D99 #7F2D99

triadic

#492D99 #99492D #2D9949

tetradic

#492D99 #992D47 #7D992D #2D997F

square

#492D99 #992D47 #7D992D #2D997F

split-complementary

#492D99 #997F2D #47992D

monochromatic

#1C113A #321F6A #492D99 #613DC6 #876CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#492D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#492D99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492D99

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492D99	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C495F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 45, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.166 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468b8',
    500: '#492d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492d99;
$custom-light: #8468b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.556,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40002,
    "c": 0.16552,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492D99

secondary

#A5BB67

accent

#DE4AB8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #492D99

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

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