#492F9A#492F9A

#492F9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.164 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492F9A
RGB	rgb(73, 47, 154)
HSL	hsl(255, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 69.5%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.86, 39.47, -54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.86, 67.28, 305.92°)
OKLab	oklab(40.38% 0.0504 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(40.38% 0.164 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.5952, 5.7821, 31.1761)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492F9A #809A2F

analogous

#2F4B9A #492F9A #7F2F9A

triadic

#492F9A #9A492F #2F9A49

tetradic

#492F9A #9A2F4B #809A2F #2F9A7F

square

#492F9A #9A2F4B #809A2F #2F9A7F

split-complementary

#492F9A #9A7F2F #4B9A2F

monochromatic

#1D123C #33216B #492F9A #6141C5 #8870D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#492F9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#492F9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492F9A

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492F9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492F9A	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492f9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 47, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.164 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846ab9',
    500: '#492f9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492f9a;
$custom-light: #846ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492f9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.579,
    "s": 53.234,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40384,
    "c": 0.16433,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492F9A

secondary

#A7BB6A

accent

#DD4BB9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #492F9A

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

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