#482B9C#482B9C

#482B9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.172 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B9C
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 156)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 72.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.13, 42.12, -56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.13, 70.79, 306.51°)
OKLab	oklab(39.9% 0.0522 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(39.9% 0.172 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5353, 5.5053, 32.0062)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B9C #7F9C2B

analogous

#2B479C #482B9C #812B9C

triadic

#482B9C #9C482B #2B9C48

tetradic

#482B9C #9C2B47 #7F9C2B #2B9C81

square

#482B9C #9C2B47 #7F9C2B #2B9C81

split-complementary

#482B9C #9C812B #479C2B

monochromatic

#1C113C #321E6C #482B9C #603BC9 #876BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99

#482B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#482B9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B9C

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B9C	1.00	9.99	2.10	9.99
#FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#274960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.172 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467ba',
    500: '#482b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b9c;
$custom-light: #8467ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.398,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39895,
    "c": 0.17165,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B9C

secondary

#A7BD66

accent

#E048B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B9C

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

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