#492EA7#492EA7

#492EA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.182 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492EA7
RGB	rgb(73, 46, 167)
HSL	hsl(253, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 72.5%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.81, 43.94, -60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.81, 75.02, 305.86°)
OKLab	oklab(41.42% 0.0488 -0.1749)
OKLCH	oklch(41.42% 0.182 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6976, 6.1599, 37.1770)
Luminance	0.0616 (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

#492EA7 #8CA72E

analogous

#2E50A7 #492EA7 #862EA7

triadic

#492EA7 #A7492E #2EA749

tetradic

#492EA7 #A72E50 #8CA72E #2EA786

square

#492EA7 #A72E50 #8CA72E #2EA786

split-complementary

#492EA7 #A7862E #50A72E

monochromatic

#1F1447 #342177 #492EA7 #6446CC #8C76D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#492EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#492EA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492EA7

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492EA7	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D4F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 46, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.182 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669c2',
    500: '#492ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492ea7;
$custom-light: #8669c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.388,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41422,
    "c": 0.18162,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492EA7

secondary

#AFC170

accent

#E048BE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492EA7

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

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