#492EB4#492EB4

#492EB4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.197 H 283.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492EB4
RGB	rgb(73, 46, 180)
HSL	hsl(252, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 74.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.03, 47.83, -66.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.03, 81.98, 305.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.66% 0.0458 -0.1919)
OKLCH	oklch(42.66% 0.197 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9603, 6.6650, 43.8274)
Luminance	0.0667 (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

#492EB4 #99B42E

analogous

#2E56B4 #492EB4 #8C2EB4

triadic

#492EB4 #B4492E #2EB449

tetradic

#492EB4 #B42E56 #99B42E #2EB48C

square

#492EB4 #B42E56 #99B42E #2EB48C

split-complementary

#492EB4 #B48C2E #56B42E

monochromatic

#211553 #352283 #492EB4 #684ED2 #927EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#492EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#492EB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492EB4

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492EB4	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00536F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 46, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.197 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886acc',
    500: '#492eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492eb4;
$custom-light: #886acc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.09,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42656,
    "c": 0.19726,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492EB4

secondary

#B7C777

accent

#E245C3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492EB4

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

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