#492E71#492E71

#492E71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.112 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492E71
RGB	rgb(73, 46, 113)
HSL	hsl(264, 42%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(264, 59%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 59.3%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.45, 27.93, -34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.45, 44.30, 309.07°)
OKLab	oklab(36.91% 0.0551 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(36.91% 0.112 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7046, 4.5627, 16.1470)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492E71 #56712E

analogous

#2E3471 #492E71 #6A2E71

triadic

#492E71 #71492E #2E7149

tetradic

#492E71 #712E34 #56712E #2E716A

square

#492E71 #712E34 #56712E #2E716A

split-complementary

#492E71 #716A2E #34712E

monochromatic

#110B1A #2D1C46 #492E71 #65409C #835DBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#492E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#492E71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492E71

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492E71	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#103C73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3C6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 46, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.112 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f689a',
    500: '#492e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492e71;
$custom-light: #7f689a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.179,
    "s": 42.138,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3691,
    "c": 0.11187,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492E71

secondary

#85A258

accent

#D256A0

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492E71

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

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