#492f5e

Color #492f5e

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 19.93 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-950 #1e1a4d · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#492f5e

RGB

rgb(73, 47, 94)

HSL

hsl(273.2, 33.3%, 27.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.2, 50%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.3%, 50%, 0%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(24.51, 22.08, -23.6)

LCH

lch(24.51, 32.32, 313.09)

OKLCH

oklch(35.8%, 0.0839, 308.22)

HWB

hwb(273.2, 18.4%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#445e2f

Analogous

#312f5e

#492f5e

#5e2f5b

Triadic

#492f5e

#5e492f

#2f5e49

Split-complementary

#492f5e

#5b5e2f

#2f5e31

Tetradic

#492f5e

#5e2f44

#445e2f

#2f5e49

Square

#492f5e

#5e312f

#445e2f

#2f5b5e

Shades

Color #492f5e mixed toward black.

#3d274e

#311f3f

#24172f

#18101f

#0c0810

Tints

Color #492f5e mixed toward white.

#694387

#885bad

#a684c1

#c4add6

#e1d6ea

Tones

Color #492f5e mixed toward gray.

#48335a

#483756

#483b52

#473f4e

#47424a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.85:1

White text reads better on this background (11.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3f3f55 · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#414253 · ΔE 13.5

Tritanopia

#484e4c · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#3a3a3a · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #492f5e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#492f5e]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#492f5e (#492f5e) is rgb(73, 47, 94) in RGB.

No, #492f5e 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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