#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
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 158)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 72.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.31, 42.72, -57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.31, 71.89, 306.46°)
OKLab	oklab(40.08% 0.0518 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(40.08% 0.174 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.7061, 5.5736, 32.9055)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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
##482B9E	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B9E

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

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