#492E66#492E66

#492E66 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.097 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492E66
RGB	rgb(73, 46, 102)
HSL	hsl(269, 38%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 55%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 54.9%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.73, 24.86, -28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.73, 37.78, 311.14°)
OKLab	oklab(36.15% 0.0545 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(36.15% 0.097 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1224, 4.3298, 13.0810)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 8.42

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492E66 #4B662E

analogous

#2E2F66 #492E66 #652E66

triadic

#492E66 #66492E #2E6649

tetradic

#492E66 #662E2F #4B662E #2E6665

square

#492E66 #662E2F #4B662E #2E6665

split-complementary

#492E66 #66652E #2F662E

monochromatic

#0F0A15 #2B1B3C #492E66 #674190 #865AB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#492E66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#492E66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492E66

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492E66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492E66	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C3A68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243B65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492e66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 46, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.097 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6792',
    500: '#492e66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492e66;
$custom-light: #7e6792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492e66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.929,
    "s": 37.838,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36149,
    "c": 0.09677,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492E66

secondary

#799858

accent

#CE5A96

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF1

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492E66

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

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