#492E8D#492E8D

#492E8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.149 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492E8D
RGB	rgb(73, 46, 141)
HSL	hsl(257, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(257, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 67.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.55, 36.13, -48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.55, 60.57, 306.62°)
OKLab	oklab(39.11% 0.0533 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(39.11% 0.149 291)
XYZ	xyz(8.5310, 5.2932, 25.7663)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492E8D #728D2E

analogous

#2E438D #492E8D #792E8D

triadic

#492E8D #8D492E #2E8D49

tetradic

#492E8D #8D2E43 #728D2E #2E8D79

square

#492E8D #8D2E43 #728D2E #2E8D79

split-complementary

#492E8D #8D792E #438D2E

monochromatic

#191031 #311F5F #492E8D #613DBB #8568CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#492E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#492E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492E8D

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492E8D	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 46, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.149 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8268af',
    500: '#492e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492e8d;
$custom-light: #8268af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.053,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39108,
    "c": 0.14904,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.05294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492E8D

secondary

#9DB562

accent

#DA4EB2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492E8D

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

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