#492FB4#492FB4

#492FB4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.196 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492FB4
RGB	rgb(73, 47, 180)
HSL	hsl(252, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 73.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.22, 47.31, -66.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.22, 81.43, 305.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.79% 0.0451 -0.191)
OKLCH	oklch(42.79% 0.196 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9998, 6.7440, 43.8406)
Luminance	0.0674 (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

#492FB4 #9AB42F

analogous

#2F58B4 #492FB4 #8B2FB4

triadic

#492FB4 #B4492F #2FB449

tetradic

#492FB4 #B42F58 #9AB42F #2FB48B

square

#492FB4 #B42F58 #9AB42F #2FB48B

split-complementary

#492FB4 #B48B2F #58B42F

monochromatic

#221653 #352283 #492FB4 #694FD1 #9280DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#492FB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#492FB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492FB4

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492FB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492FB4	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00546F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492fb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 47, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.196 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886bcc',
    500: '#492fb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492fb4;
$custom-light: #886bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492fb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.729,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42787,
    "c": 0.19624,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492FB4

secondary

#B7C778

accent

#E246C3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492FB4

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

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