#492EB6#492EB6

#492EB6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.200 H 283.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492EB6
RGB	rgb(73, 46, 182)
HSL	hsl(252, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 74.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.22, 48.43, -67.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.22, 83.04, 305.68°)
OKLab	oklab(42.85% 0.0453 -0.1944)
OKLCH	oklch(42.85% 0.2 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1655, 6.7470, 44.9081)
Luminance	0.0675 (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

#492EB6 #9BB62E

analogous

#2E57B6 #492EB6 #8D2EB6

triadic

#492EB6 #B6492E #2EB649

tetradic

#492EB6 #B62E57 #9BB62E #2EB68D

square

#492EB6 #B62E57 #9BB62E #2EB68D

split-complementary

#492EB6 #B68D2E #57B62E

monochromatic

#221554 #352285 #492EB6 #694FD2 #9380DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#492EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#492EB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492EB6

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492EB6	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 46, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.200 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896acd',
    500: '#492eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492eb6;
$custom-light: #896acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.912,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4285,
    "c": 0.19963,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492EB6

secondary

#B8C878

accent

#E345C3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492EB6

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

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