#482AA4#482AA4

#482AA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.182 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482AA4
RGB	rgb(72, 42, 164)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 74.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.68, 45.02, -60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.68, 75.70, 306.50°)
OKLab	oklab(40.51% 0.0512 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(40.51% 0.182 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.1993, 5.7134, 35.6801)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482AA4 #86A42A

analogous

#2A49A4 #482AA4 #852AA4

triadic

#482AA4 #A4482A #2AA448

tetradic

#482AA4 #A42A49 #86A42A #2AA485

square

#482AA4 #A42A49 #86A42A #2AA485

split-complementary

#482AA4 #A4852A #49A42A

monochromatic

#1D1143 #331E73 #482AA4 #613ECD #896EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#482AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#482AA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482AA4

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482AA4	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E4B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 42, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.182 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567c0',
    500: '#482aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482aa4;
$custom-light: #8567c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.754,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4051,
    "c": 0.18245,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482AA4

secondary

#ABC169

accent

#E245BC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #482AA4

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

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