#492EA5#492EA5

#492EA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.179 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492EA5
RGB	rgb(73, 46, 165)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 72.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.63, 43.34, -59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.63, 73.93, 305.89°)
OKLab	oklab(41.24% 0.0492 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(41.24% 0.179 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5141, 6.0865, 36.2108)
Luminance	0.0609 (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

#492EA5 #8AA52E

analogous

#2E4FA5 #492EA5 #852EA5

triadic

#492EA5 #A5492E #2EA549

tetradic

#492EA5 #A52E4F #8AA52E #2EA585

square

#492EA5 #A52E4F #8AA52E #2EA585

split-complementary

#492EA5 #A5852E #4FA52E

monochromatic

#1F1345 #342175 #492EA5 #6345CB #8B75D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#492EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#492EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492EA5

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492EA5	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 46, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.179 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669c1',
    500: '#492ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492ea5;
$custom-light: #8669c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.613,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41236,
    "c": 0.17918,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492EA5

secondary

#AEC06F

accent

#E048BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492EA5

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

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