#492FA6#492FA6

#492FA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.179 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492FA6
RGB	rgb(73, 47, 166)
HSL	hsl(253, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 71.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.92, 43.10, -60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.92, 73.89, 305.68°)
OKLab	oklab(41.47% 0.0481 -0.1727)
OKLCH	oklch(41.47% 0.179 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6450, 6.2021, 36.7052)
Luminance	0.0620 (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

#492FA6 #8CA62F

analogous

#2F51A6 #492FA6 #852FA6

triadic

#492FA6 #A6492F #2FA649

tetradic

#492FA6 #A62F51 #8CA62F #2FA685

square

#492FA6 #A62F51 #8CA62F #2FA685

split-complementary

#492FA6 #A6852F #51A62F

monochromatic

#1F1447 #342176 #492FA6 #6447CB #8C77D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#492FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#492FA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492FA6

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492FA6	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E4F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 47, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.179 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866ac1',
    500: '#492fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492fa6;
$custom-light: #866ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.109,
    "s": 55.869,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41468,
    "c": 0.17927,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492FA6

secondary

#AFC170

accent

#DF49BE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492FA6

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

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