#492EA4#492EA4

#492EA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.178 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492EA4
RGB	rgb(73, 46, 164)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 72%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.54, 43.04, -59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.54, 73.39, 305.91°)
OKLab	oklab(41.14% 0.0494 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(41.14% 0.178 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.4235, 6.0502, 35.7333)
Luminance	0.0605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492EA4 #89A42E

analogous

#2E4EA4 #492EA4 #842EA4

triadic

#492EA4 #A4492E #2EA449

tetradic

#492EA4 #A42E4E #89A42E #2EA484

square

#492EA4 #A42E4E #89A42E #2EA484

split-complementary

#492EA4 #A4842E #4EA42E

monochromatic

#1E1344 #342174 #492EA4 #6345CB #8B74D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#492EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#492EA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492EA4

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492EA4	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#214D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 46, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.178 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669c0',
    500: '#492ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492ea4;
$custom-light: #8669c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.729,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41144,
    "c": 0.17795,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492EA4

secondary

#ADC06E

accent

#DF48BD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492EA4

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

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