#492DA9#492DA9

#492DA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.185 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492DA9
RGB	rgb(73, 45, 169)
HSL	hsl(254, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 73.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.81, 45.08, -62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.81, 76.67, 306.01°)
OKLab	oklab(41.47% 0.0491 -0.1785)
OKLCH	oklch(41.47% 0.185 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.8453, 6.1572, 38.1454)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492DA9 #8DA92D

analogous

#2D4FA9 #492DA9 #872DA9

triadic

#492DA9 #A9492D #2DA949

tetradic

#492DA9 #A92D4F #8DA92D #2DA987

square

#492DA9 #A92D4F #8DA92D #2DA987

split-complementary

#492DA9 #A9872D #4FA92D

monochromatic

#1F1348 #342079 #492DA9 #6446CE #8D76DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#492DA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#492DA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492DA9

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492DA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492DA9	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B4F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492da9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 45, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.185 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669c4',
    500: '#492da9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492da9;
$custom-light: #8669c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492da9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.548,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41474,
    "c": 0.18514,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492DA9

secondary

#B0C26F

accent

#E147BE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492DA9

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

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