#492E9F#492E9F

#492E9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.172 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492E9F
RGB	rgb(73, 46, 159)
HSL	hsl(254, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 71.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.09, 41.54, -57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.09, 70.65, 306.01°)
OKLab	oklab(40.69% 0.0504 -0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(40.69% 0.172 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.9808, 5.8731, 33.4019)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492E9F #849F2E

analogous

#2E4C9F #492E9F #812E9F

triadic

#492E9F #9F492E #2E9F49

tetradic

#492E9F #9F2E4C #849F2E #2E9F81

square

#492E9F #9F2E4C #849F2E #2E9F81

split-complementary

#492E9F #9F812E #4C9F2E

monochromatic

#1D1340 #332070 #492E9F #6242C8 #8971D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#492E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#492E9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492E9F

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492E9F	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 46, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.172 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569bc',
    500: '#492e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492e9f;
$custom-light: #8569bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.336,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40686,
    "c": 0.17178,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492E9F

secondary

#AABE6B

accent

#DE49BB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492E9F

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

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