#482B9A#482B9A

#482B9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.169 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B9A
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 154)
HSL	hsl(256, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 72.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.95, 41.52, -55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.95, 69.69, 306.57°)
OKLab	oklab(39.71% 0.0526 -0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(39.71% 0.169 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3674, 5.4381, 31.1217)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B9A #7D9A2B

analogous

#2B459A #482B9A #7F2B9A

triadic

#482B9A #9A482B #2B9A48

tetradic

#482B9A #9A2B45 #7D9A2B #2B9A7F

square

#482B9A #9A2B45 #7D9A2B #2B9A7F

split-complementary

#482B9A #9A7F2B #459A2B

monochromatic

#1B103A #321E6A #482B9A #5F3AC8 #866AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.06

#482B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#482B9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B9A

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B9A	1.00	10.06	2.09	10.06
#FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.169 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467b9',
    500: '#482b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b9a;
$custom-light: #8467b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.676,
    "s": 56.345,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39711,
    "c": 0.1692,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B9A

secondary

#A5BC65

accent

#E048B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B9A

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

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