#482AA3#482AA3

#482AA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.181 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482AA3
RGB	rgb(72, 42, 163)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 74.2%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.58, 44.73, -60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.58, 75.16, 306.52°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% 0.0514 -0.1738)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.181 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.1093, 5.6774, 35.2064)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482AA3 #85A32A

analogous

#2A49A3 #482AA3 #842AA3

triadic

#482AA3 #A3482A #2AA348

tetradic

#482AA3 #A32A49 #85A32A #2AA384

square

#482AA3 #A32A49 #85A32A #2AA384

split-complementary

#482AA3 #A3842A #49A32A

monochromatic

#1D1142 #331D72 #482AA3 #613DCD #896EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#482AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#482AA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482AA3

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482AA3	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 42, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.181 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567bf',
    500: '#482aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482aa3;
$custom-light: #8567bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.876,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40415,
    "c": 0.18125,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482AA3

secondary

#ABC068

accent

#E246BB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #482AA3

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

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