#492859

Color #492859

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 20.4 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-950 #4b004f · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#492859

RGB

rgb(73, 40, 89)

HSL

hsl(280.4, 38%, 25.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.4, 55.1%, 34.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(18%, 55.1%, 0%, 65.1%)

LAB

lab(22.5, 25.19, -23.48)

LCH

lch(22.5, 34.44, 317.01)

OKLCH

oklch(34.2%, 0.0905, 313.61)

HWB

hwb(280.4, 15.7%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#385928

Analogous

#302859

#492859

#592851

Triadic

#492859

#594928

#285949

Split-complementary

#492859

#515928

#285930

Tetradic

#492859

#592838

#385928

#285949

Square

#492859

#593028

#385928

#285159

Shades

Color #492859 mixed toward black.

#3d214a

#311b3b

#25142d

#180d1e

#0c070f

Tints

Color #492859 mixed toward white.

#6d3c85

#9150b0

#ac7cc4

#c8a7d8

#e3d3eb

Tones

Color #492859 mixed toward gray.

#482c55

#463051

#45344d

#433849

#423c45

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.73:1

White text reads better on this background (12.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3d3d50 · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#3f414e · ΔE 16.5

Tritanopia

#484947 · ΔE 25

Achromatopsia

#363636 · ΔE 21.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #492859;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#492859]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#492859 (#492859) is rgb(73, 40, 89) in RGB.

No, #492859 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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