#492E9C#492E9C

#492E9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.168 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492E9C
RGB	rgb(73, 46, 156)
HSL	hsl(255, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 70.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.83, 40.63, -55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.83, 68.99, 306.09°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% 0.0509 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.168 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.7236, 5.7703, 32.0475)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492E9C #819C2E

analogous

#2E4A9C #492E9C #802E9C

triadic

#492E9C #9C492E #2E9C49

tetradic

#492E9C #9C2E4A #819C2E #2E9C80

square

#492E9C #9C2E4A #819C2E #2E9C80

split-complementary

#492E9C #9C802E #4A9C2E

monochromatic

#1D123D #33206D #492E9C #6140C7 #8870D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#492E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#492E9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492E9C

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492E9C	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#294A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 46, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.168 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8469ba',
    500: '#492e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492e9c;
$custom-light: #8469ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.727,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40416,
    "c": 0.16806,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492E9C

secondary

#A8BC6A

accent

#DE4ABA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492E9C

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

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