#493B8A#493B8A

#493B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.126 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#493B8A
RGB	rgb(73, 59, 138)
HSL	hsl(251, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(251, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 57.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.35, 27.25, -42.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.35, 50.26, 302.83°)
OKLab	oklab(41.08% 0.0383 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(41.08% 0.126 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8977, 6.3790, 24.8023)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#493B8A #7C8A3B

analogous

#3B548A #493B8A #703B8A

triadic

#493B8A #8A493B #3B8A49

tetradic

#493B8A #8A3B54 #7C8A3B #3B8A70

square

#493B8A #8A3B54 #7C8A3B #3B8A70

split-complementary

#493B8A #8A703B #548A3B

monochromatic

#1C1634 #32295F #493B8A #614FB4 #8779C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#493B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#493B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #493B8A

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##493B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##493B8A	1.00	9.23	2.28	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D498D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D4588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344C5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #493b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 59, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.126 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8171ad',
    500: '#493b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #493b8a;
$custom-light: #8171ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#493b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.633,
    "s": 40.102,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41079,
    "c": 0.12634,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#493B8A

secondary

#A4AF71

accent

#D058BB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #493B8A

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

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