#492FA9#492FA9

#492FA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.183 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492FA9
RGB	rgb(73, 47, 169)
HSL	hsl(253, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 72.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.19, 44.00, -61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.19, 75.53, 305.63°)
OKLab	oklab(41.75% 0.0475 -0.1767)
OKLCH	oklch(41.75% 0.183 285)
XYZ	xyz(10.9234, 6.3134, 38.1714)
Luminance	0.0631 (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

#492FA9 #8FA92F

analogous

#2F52A9 #492FA9 #862FA9

triadic

#492FA9 #A9492F #2FA949

tetradic

#492FA9 #A92F52 #8FA92F #2FA986

square

#492FA9 #A92F52 #8FA92F #2FA986

split-complementary

#492FA9 #A9862F #52A92F

monochromatic

#201449 #342279 #492FA9 #6549CC #8D79DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#492FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#492FA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492FA9

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492FA9	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A5069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 47, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.183 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866ac4',
    500: '#492fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492fa9;
$custom-light: #866ac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.787,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41746,
    "c": 0.18294,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.06314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492FA9

secondary

#B1C272

accent

#E048BF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492FA9

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

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