#492CAF

A medium, moderate blue closely aligning with Indigo.

About #492CAF

When working with digital screens, the color #492CAF is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Indigo. Its digital footprint relies on 73 parts red, 44 parts green, and 175 parts blue light.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 58% cyan and 75% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 253.3 degrees, it sits comfortably in the blue spectrum.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#492CAF
RGB73, 44, 175
HSL253.3°, 59.8%, 42.9%
CMYK58%, 75%, 0%, 31%
HSV253.3°, 74.9%, 68.6%
LAB30.2, 47.4, -65.0
XYZ11.4, 6.3, 41.2
Decimal4795567

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

9.28:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
2.26:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
8.87:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
1.92:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #492CAF; }
.text-color { color: #492CAF; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #492CAF; }

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