#492E95#492E95

#492E95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.159 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492E95
RGB	rgb(73, 46, 149)
HSL	hsl(256, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(256, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 69.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.22, 38.53, -52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.22, 65.09, 306.30°)
OKLab	oklab(39.8% 0.0522 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(39.8% 0.159 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.1479, 5.5400, 29.0153)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492E95 #7A952E

analogous

#2E4695 #492E95 #7C2E95

triadic

#492E95 #95492E #2E9549

tetradic

#492E95 #952E46 #7A952E #2E957C

square

#492E95 #952E46 #7A952E #2E957C

split-complementary

#492E95 #957C2E #46952E

monochromatic

#1B1137 #322066 #492E95 #603DC3 #876CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#492E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#492E95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492E95

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492E95	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004093

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E485D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 46, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.159 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8369b5',
    500: '#492e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492e95;
$custom-light: #8369b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.728,
    "s": 52.821,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39795,
    "c": 0.15926,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492E95

secondary

#A3B966

accent

#DC4CB6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #492E95

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

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