#492E85#492E85

#492E85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.139 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492E85
RGB	rgb(73, 46, 133)
HSL	hsl(259, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 65.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.92, 33.75, -44.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.92, 55.99, 307.07°)
OKLab	oklab(38.45% 0.0542 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(38.45% 0.139 293)
XYZ	xyz(7.9571, 5.0637, 22.7439)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492E85 #6A852E

analogous

#2E3E85 #492E85 #752E85

triadic

#492E85 #85492E #2E8549

tetradic

#492E85 #852E3E #6A852E #2E8575

square

#492E85 #852E3E #6A852E #2E8575

split-complementary

#492E85 #85752E #3E852E

monochromatic

#170F2A #301E58 #492E85 #623EB2 #8364C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.43

#492E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#492E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492E85

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492E85	1.00	10.43	2.01	10.43
#FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 46, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.139 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8168a9',
    500: '#492e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492e85;
$custom-light: #8168a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.621,
    "s": 48.603,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38445,
    "c": 0.13864,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.05064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492E85

secondary

#97B05F

accent

#D850AE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492E85

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

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