#482B9E#482B9E

#482B9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.174 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#482B9E
RGBrgb(72, 43, 158)
HSLhsl(255, 57%, 39%)
HSVhsv(255, 73%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(54.4%, 72.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(28.31, 42.72, -57.82)
CIE-LCHlch(28.31, 71.89, 306.46°)
OKLaboklab(40.08% 0.0518 -0.1662)
OKLCHoklch(40.08% 0.174 287.3)
XYZxyz(9.7061, 5.5736, 32.9055)
Luminance0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#482B9E #819E2B
analogous
#2B489E #482B9E #812B9E
triadic
#482B9E #9E482B #2B9E48
tetradic
#482B9E #9E2B48 #819E2B #2B9E81
square
#482B9E #9E2B48 #819E2B #2B9E81
split-complementary
#482B9E #9E812B #489E2B
monochromatic
#1C113E #321E6E #482B9E #603CCA #876CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93
#482B9E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11
#482B9E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B9E
9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##482B9E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##482B9E1.009.932.119.93
#FFFFFF9.931.0021.001.00
#0000002.1121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.931.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0045A1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00409C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#254A62
Achromatopsia (no color)
#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #482b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.174 287.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467bc',
    500: '#482b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #482b9e;
$custom-light: #8467bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#482b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.13,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40079,
    "c": 0.1741,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#482B9E
secondary
#A8BE67
accent
#E047BA
background
#F8F6FB
surface
#F0EBF6
border
#CBC6D0
text
#0C0612
muted
#7D7A81

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#482B9E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva