#493C8A#493C8A

#493C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.125 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#493C8A
RGB	rgb(73, 60, 138)
HSL	hsl(250, 39%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(250, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 56.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.60, 26.61, -41.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.60, 49.58, 302.46°)
OKLab	oklab(41.27% 0.0371 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(41.27% 0.125 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9496, 6.4828, 24.8196)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#493C8A #7D8A3C

analogous

#3C568A #493C8A #703C8A

triadic

#493C8A #8A493C #3C8A49

tetradic

#493C8A #8A3C56 #7D8A3C #3C8A70

square

#493C8A #8A3C56 #7D8A3C #3C8A70

split-complementary

#493C8A #8A703C #568A3C

monochromatic

#1C1735 #32295F #493C8A #6150B3 #877BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#493C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#493C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #493C8A

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##493C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##493C8A	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#114A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#114688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #493c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 60, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.125 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8172ad',
    500: '#493c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #493c8a;
$custom-light: #8172ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#493c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41265,
    "c": 0.12483,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#493C8A

secondary

#A5AF73

accent

#CF59BB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #493C8A

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

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