#492E70#492E70

#492E70 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.111 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492E70
RGB	rgb(73, 46, 112)
HSL	hsl(265, 42%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 59%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 58.9%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.38, 27.64, -33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.38, 43.71, 309.22°)
OKLab	oklab(36.84% 0.055 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(36.84% 0.111 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6486, 4.5403, 15.8522)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492E70 #55702E

analogous

#2E3470 #492E70 #6A2E70

triadic

#492E70 #70492E #2E7049

tetradic

#492E70 #702E34 #55702E #2E706A

square

#492E70 #702E34 #55702E #2E706A

split-complementary

#492E70 #706A2E #34702E

monochromatic

#100A19 #2D1C45 #492E70 #65409B #835CBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#492E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#492E70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492E70

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492E70	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#113C72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3C6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 46, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.111 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6899',
    500: '#492e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492e70;
$custom-light: #7e6899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.545,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36838,
    "c": 0.11051,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492E70

secondary

#84A158

accent

#D2569F

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492E70

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

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