#492EAA#492EAA

#492EAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.185 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492EAA
RGB	rgb(73, 46, 170)
HSL	hsl(253, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 72.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.09, 44.84, -62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.09, 76.64, 305.81°)
OKLab	oklab(41.7% 0.0481 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(41.7% 0.185 285)
XYZ	xyz(10.9781, 6.2721, 38.6546)
Luminance	0.0627 (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

#492EAA #8FAA2E

analogous

#2E51AA #492EAA #872EAA

triadic

#492EAA #AA492E #2EAA49

tetradic

#492EAA #AA2E51 #8FAA2E #2EAA87

square

#492EAA #AA2E51 #8FAA2E #2EAA87

split-complementary

#492EAA #AA872E #51AA2E

monochromatic

#20144A #34217A #492EAA #6548CD #8D78DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.31

#492EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#492EAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492EAA

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492EAA	1.00	9.31	2.25	9.31
#FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#195069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 46, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.185 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876ac4',
    500: '#492eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492eaa;
$custom-light: #876ac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.065,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41703,
    "c": 0.18526,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.06273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492EAA

secondary

#B1C371

accent

#E147BF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492EAA

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

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