#492EA8#492EA8

#492EA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.183 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492EA8
RGB	rgb(73, 46, 168)
HSL	hsl(253, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 72.6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.90, 44.24, -61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.90, 75.56, 305.84°)
OKLab	oklab(41.52% 0.0485 -0.1763)
OKLCH	oklch(41.52% 0.183 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.7904, 6.1970, 37.6658)
Luminance	0.0620 (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

#492EA8 #8DA82E

analogous

#2E50A8 #492EA8 #862EA8

triadic

#492EA8 #A8492E #2EA849

tetradic

#492EA8 #A82E50 #8DA82E #2EA886

square

#492EA8 #A82E50 #8DA82E #2EA886

split-complementary

#492EA8 #A8862E #50A82E

monochromatic

#1F1448 #342178 #492EA8 #6447CD #8D77DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#492EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#492EA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492EA8

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492EA8	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C4F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 46, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.183 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669c3',
    500: '#492ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492ea8;
$custom-light: #8669c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.279,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41515,
    "c": 0.18284,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492EA8

secondary

#B0C270

accent

#E048BE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492EA8

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

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