#492FA8#492FA8

#492FA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.182 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492FA8
RGB	rgb(73, 47, 168)
HSL	hsl(253, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 72%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.10, 43.70, -60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.10, 74.98, 305.65°)
OKLab	oklab(41.65% 0.0477 -0.1753)
OKLCH	oklch(41.65% 0.182 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.8299, 6.2760, 37.6789)
Luminance	0.0628 (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

#492FA8 #8EA82F

analogous

#2F51A8 #492FA8 #862FA8

triadic

#492FA8 #A8492F #2FA849

tetradic

#492FA8 #A82F51 #8EA82F #2FA886

square

#492FA8 #A82F51 #8EA82F #2FA886

split-complementary

#492FA8 #A8862F #51A82F

monochromatic

#1F1448 #342278 #492FA8 #6548CC #8D78D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.31

#492FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#492FA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492FA8

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492FA8	1.00	9.31	2.26	9.31
#FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C4F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 47, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.182 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866ac3',
    500: '#492fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492fa8;
$custom-light: #866ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.893,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41653,
    "c": 0.18172,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492FA8

secondary

#B0C171

accent

#E048BF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492FA8

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

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