#492E8A#492E8A

#492E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.145 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492E8A
RGB	rgb(73, 46, 138)
HSL	hsl(258, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(258, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 66.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.31, 35.24, -47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.31, 58.86, 306.77°)
OKLab	oklab(38.86% 0.0537 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(38.86% 0.145 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3108, 5.2052, 24.6066)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492E8A #6F8A2E

analogous

#2E418A #492E8A #772E8A

triadic

#492E8A #8A492E #2E8A49

tetradic

#492E8A #8A2E41 #6F8A2E #2E8A77

square

#492E8A #8A2E41 #6F8A2E #2E8A77

split-complementary

#492E8A #8A772E #418A2E

monochromatic

#180F2E #311F5C #492E8A #613DB8 #8466CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#492E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#492E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492E8A

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492E8A	1.00	10.29	2.04	10.29
#FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 46, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.145 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8268ad',
    500: '#492e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492e8a;
$custom-light: #8268ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.609,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38857,
    "c": 0.14516,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492E8A

secondary

#9BB361

accent

#DA4EB1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492E8A

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

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