#492EA6#492EA6

#492EA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.180 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492EA6
RGB	rgb(73, 46, 166)
HSL	hsl(254, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 72.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.72, 43.64, -60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.72, 74.47, 305.87°)
OKLab	oklab(41.33% 0.049 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(41.33% 0.18 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.6055, 6.1230, 36.6920)
Luminance	0.0612 (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

#492EA6 #8BA62E

analogous

#2E4FA6 #492EA6 #852EA6

triadic

#492EA6 #A6492E #2EA649

tetradic

#492EA6 #A62E4F #8BA62E #2EA685

square

#492EA6 #A62E4F #8BA62E #2EA685

split-complementary

#492EA6 #A6852E #4FA62E

monochromatic

#1F1346 #342176 #492EA6 #6446CC #8C76D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#492EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#492EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492EA6

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492EA6	1.00	9.44	2.22	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F4E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 46, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.180 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669c1',
    500: '#492ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492ea6;
$custom-light: #8669c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41329,
    "c": 0.1804,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492EA6

secondary

#AEC16F

accent

#E048BE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492EA6

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

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