#482B9B#482B9B

#482B9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.170 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B9B
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 155)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 72.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.04, 41.82, -56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.04, 70.24, 306.54°)
OKLab	oklab(39.8% 0.0524 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(39.8% 0.17 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4510, 5.4716, 31.5621)
Luminance	0.0547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B9B #7E9B2B

analogous

#2B469B #482B9B #802B9B

triadic

#482B9B #9B482B #2B9B48

tetradic

#482B9B #9B2B46 #7E9B2B #2B9B80

square

#482B9B #9B2B46 #7E9B2B #2B9B80

split-complementary

#482B9B #9B802B #469B2B

monochromatic

#1B103B #321E6B #482B9B #5F3BC9 #866BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.03

#482B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#482B9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B9B

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B9B	1.00	10.03	2.09	10.03
#FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.170 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467b9',
    500: '#482b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b9b;
$custom-light: #8467b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.536,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39803,
    "c": 0.17043,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B9B

secondary

#A6BC65

accent

#E048B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B9B

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

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