#492FA5#492FA5

#492FA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.178 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492FA5
RGB	rgb(73, 47, 165)
HSL	hsl(253, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 71.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.83, 42.79, -59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.83, 73.35, 305.69°)
OKLab	oklab(41.38% 0.0483 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(41.38% 0.178 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.5537, 6.1655, 36.2240)
Luminance	0.0617 (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

#492FA5 #8BA52F

analogous

#2F50A5 #492FA5 #842FA5

triadic

#492FA5 #A5492F #2FA549

tetradic

#492FA5 #A52F50 #8BA52F #2FA584

square

#492FA5 #A52F50 #8BA52F #2FA584

split-complementary

#492FA5 #A5842F #50A52F

monochromatic

#1F1446 #342175 #492FA5 #6447CB #8C76D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#492FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#492FA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492FA5

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492FA5	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 47, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.178 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866ac1',
    500: '#492fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492fa5;
$custom-light: #866ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.22,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41376,
    "c": 0.17804,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492FA5

secondary

#AEC070

accent

#DF49BE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492FA5

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

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