#492EAE#492EAE

#492EAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.190 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492EAE
RGB	rgb(73, 46, 174)
HSL	hsl(253, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 73.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.46, 46.04, -63.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.46, 78.79, 305.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.08% 0.0472 -0.1841)
OKLCH	oklch(42.08% 0.19 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3623, 6.4257, 40.6778)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo Blue

#3A18B1

ΔE00 4.34

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492EAE #93AE2E

analogous

#2E53AE #492EAE #892EAE

triadic

#492EAE #AE492E #2EAE49

tetradic

#492EAE #AE2E53 #93AE2E #2EAE89

square

#492EAE #AE2E53 #93AE2E #2EAE89

split-complementary

#492EAE #AE892E #53AE2E

monochromatic

#20144D #35217E #492EAE #664ACF #8F7ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#492EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#492EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492EAE

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492EAE	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12516B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 46, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.190 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876ac7',
    500: '#492eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492eae;
$custom-light: #876ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.656,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42081,
    "c": 0.19009,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492EAE

secondary

#B3C474

accent

#E146C1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492EAE

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

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