#492EA9#492EA9

#492EA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.184 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492EA9
RGB	rgb(73, 46, 169)
HSL	hsl(253, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 72.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.00, 44.54, -61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.00, 76.10, 305.82°)
OKLab	oklab(41.61% 0.0483 -0.1776)
OKLCH	oklch(41.61% 0.184 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.8839, 6.2344, 38.1583)
Luminance	0.0624 (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

#492EA9 #8EA92E

analogous

#2E50A9 #492EA9 #872EA9

triadic

#492EA9 #A9492E #2EA949

tetradic

#492EA9 #A92E50 #8EA92E #2EA987

square

#492EA9 #A92E50 #8EA92E #2EA987

split-complementary

#492EA9 #A9872E #50A92E

monochromatic

#1F1449 #342179 #492EA9 #6547CD #8D77DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#492EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#492EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492EA9

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492EA9	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A4F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 46, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.184 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669c4',
    500: '#492ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492ea9;
$custom-light: #8669c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.171,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41609,
    "c": 0.18405,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492EA9

secondary

#B0C271

accent

#E047BF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492EA9

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

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