#492F7B#492F7B

#492F7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.124 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492F7B
RGB	rgb(73, 47, 123)
HSL	hsl(261, 45%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 61.8%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.39, 30.20, -39.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.39, 49.52, 307.58°)
OKLab	oklab(37.82% 0.0536 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(37.82% 0.124 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3384, 4.8794, 19.2902)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.78

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492F7B #617B2F

analogous

#2F3B7B #492F7B #6F2F7B

triadic

#492F7B #7B492F #2F7B49

tetradic

#492F7B #7B2F3B #617B2F #2F7B6F

square

#492F7B #7B2F3B #617B2F #2F7B6F

split-complementary

#492F7B #7B6F2F #3B7B2F

monochromatic

#140D22 #2F1E4F #492F7B #6340A7 #8362C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#492F7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#492F7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492F7B

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492F7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492F7B	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C3D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492f7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 47, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.124 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8069a2',
    500: '#492f7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492f7b;
$custom-light: #8069a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492f7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.526,
    "s": 44.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37823,
    "c": 0.12384,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492F7B

secondary

#8FAA5C

accent

#D453A8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0A060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492F7B

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

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