#492E9B#492E9B

#492E9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.167 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492E9B
RGB	rgb(73, 46, 155)
HSL	hsl(255, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 70.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.74, 40.33, -55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.74, 68.43, 306.11°)
OKLab	oklab(40.33% 0.0511 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(40.33% 0.167 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.6393, 5.7366, 31.6033)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492E9B #809B2E

analogous

#2E4A9B #492E9B #802E9B

triadic

#492E9B #9B492E #2E9B49

tetradic

#492E9B #9B2E4A #809B2E #2E9B80

square

#492E9B #9B2E4A #809B2E #2E9B80

split-complementary

#492E9B #9B802E #4A9B2E

monochromatic

#1D123D #33206C #492E9B #6140C6 #886FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#492E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#492E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492E9B

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492E9B	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 46, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.167 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8469b9',
    500: '#492e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492e9b;
$custom-light: #8469b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.862,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40326,
    "c": 0.16681,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492E9B

secondary

#A7BC69

accent

#DE4AB9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492E9B

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

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