#492F8A#492F8A

#492F8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.144 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492F8A
RGB	rgb(73, 47, 138)
HSL	hsl(257, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(257, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 65.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.53, 34.65, -46.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.53, 58.22, 306.52°)
OKLab	oklab(39.01% 0.0526 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(39.01% 0.144 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3503, 5.2842, 24.6198)
Luminance	0.0528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492F8A #708A2F

analogous

#2F438A #492F8A #772F8A

triadic

#492F8A #8A492F #2F8A49

tetradic

#492F8A #8A2F43 #708A2F #2F8A77

square

#492F8A #8A2F43 #708A2F #2F8A77

split-complementary

#492F8A #8A772F #438A2F

monochromatic

#19102F #311F5C #492F8A #613FB8 #8468CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.21

#492F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#492F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492F8A

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492F8A	1.00	10.21	2.06	10.21
#FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 47, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.144 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8169ad',
    500: '#492f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492f8a;
$custom-light: #8169ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 49.189,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39014,
    "c": 0.14378,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492F8A

secondary

#9CB362

accent

#D94FB1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492F8A

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

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