#492E9A#492E9A

#492E9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.166 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492E9A
RGB	rgb(73, 46, 154)
HSL	hsl(255, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 70.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.65, 40.03, -54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.65, 67.88, 306.14°)
OKLab	oklab(40.24% 0.0513 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(40.24% 0.166 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.5557, 5.7031, 31.1629)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492E9A #7F9A2E

analogous

#2E499A #492E9A #7F2E9A

triadic

#492E9A #9A492E #2E9A49

tetradic

#492E9A #9A2E49 #7F9A2E #2E9A7F

square

#492E9A #9A2E49 #7F9A2E #2E9A7F

split-complementary

#492E9A #9A7F2E #499A2E

monochromatic

#1C123C #33206B #492E9A #613FC6 #886FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#492E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#492E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492E9A

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492E9A	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 46, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.166 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8469b9',
    500: '#492e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492e9a;
$custom-light: #8469b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40237,
    "c": 0.16556,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492E9A

secondary

#A7BB69

accent

#DD4AB9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #492E9A

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

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