#493B8D#493B8D

#493B8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.131 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#493B8D
RGB	rgb(73, 59, 141)
HSL	hsl(250, 41%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(250, 58%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 58.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.56, 28.19, -43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.56, 52.04, 302.80°)
OKLab	oklab(41.3% 0.0383 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(41.3% 0.131 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.1179, 6.4671, 25.9620)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#493B8D #7F8D3B

analogous

#3B568D #493B8D #723B8D

triadic

#493B8D #8D493B #3B8D49

tetradic

#493B8D #8D3B56 #7F8D3B #3B8D72

square

#493B8D #8D3B56 #7F8D3B #3B8D72

split-complementary

#493B8D #8D723B #568D3B

monochromatic

#1C1737 #332962 #493B8D #6150B6 #887BC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#493B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#493B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #493B8D

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##493B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##493B8D	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#054A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#05468B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #493b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 59, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.131 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8171af',
    500: '#493b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #493b8d;
$custom-light: #8171af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#493b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.244,
    "s": 41,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41304,
    "c": 0.13058,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#493B8D

secondary

#A7B173

accent

#D157BC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #493B8D

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

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