#492D9A#492D9A

#492D9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.167 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492D9A
RGB	rgb(73, 45, 154)
HSL	hsl(255, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 70.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.45, 40.59, -55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.45, 68.48, 306.36°)
OKLab	oklab(40.09% 0.0523 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(40.09% 0.167 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5171, 5.6259, 31.1500)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492D9A #7E9A2D

analogous

#2D489A #492D9A #802D9A

triadic

#492D9A #9A492D #2D9A49

tetradic

#492D9A #9A2D48 #7E9A2D #2D9A80

square

#492D9A #9A2D48 #7E9A2D #2D9A80

split-complementary

#492D9A #9A802D #489A2D

monochromatic

#1C113B #331F6B #492D9A #613EC7 #886DD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#492D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#492D9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492D9A

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492D9A	1.00	9.88	2.13	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 45, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.167 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468b9',
    500: '#492d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492d9a;
$custom-light: #8468b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.413,
    "s": 54.774,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40092,
    "c": 0.16678,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492D9A

secondary

#A6BB67

accent

#DE4AB8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492D9A

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

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