#492EA1#492EA1

#492EA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.174 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492EA1
RGB	rgb(73, 46, 161)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 71.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.27, 42.14, -58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.27, 71.75, 305.97°)
OKLab	oklab(40.87% 0.05 -0.1669)
OKLCH	oklch(40.87% 0.174 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1558, 5.9431, 34.3233)
Luminance	0.0594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492EA1 #86A12E

analogous

#2E4CA1 #492EA1 #822EA1

triadic

#492EA1 #A1492E #2EA149

tetradic

#492EA1 #A12E4C #86A12E #2EA182

square

#492EA1 #A12E4C #86A12E #2EA182

split-complementary

#492EA1 #A1822E #4CA12E

monochromatic

#1E1342 #332071 #492EA1 #6243C9 #8A73D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.59

#492EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#492EA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492EA1

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492EA1	1.00	9.59	2.19	9.59
#FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 46, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.174 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569be',
    500: '#492ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492ea1;
$custom-light: #8569be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.087,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40868,
    "c": 0.17426,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492EA1

secondary

#ABBE6C

accent

#DF49BC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492EA1

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

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