#492D9E#492D9E

#492D9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.172 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492D9E
RGB	rgb(73, 45, 158)
HSL	hsl(255, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 71.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.80, 41.79, -57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.80, 70.68, 306.24°)
OKLab	oklab(40.45% 0.0515 -0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(40.45% 0.172 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.8558, 5.7614, 32.9339)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492D9E #829E2D

analogous

#2D4A9E #492D9E #812D9E

triadic

#492D9E #9E492D #2D9E49

tetradic

#492D9E #9E2D4A #829E2D #2D9E81

square

#492D9E #9E2D4A #829E2D #2D9E81

split-complementary

#492D9E #9E812D #4A9E2D

monochromatic

#1D123F #331F6E #492D9E #6240C9 #896FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#492D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#492D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492D9E

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492D9E	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#274B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 45, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.172 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568bc',
    500: '#492d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492d9e;
$custom-light: #8568bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.867,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40454,
    "c": 0.17172,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492D9E

secondary

#A9BD69

accent

#DF49BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492D9E

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

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