#482BA1#482BA1

#482BA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.178 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482BA1
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 161)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 73.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.59, 43.61, -59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.59, 73.52, 306.38°)
OKLab	oklab(40.36% 0.0511 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(40.36% 0.178 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9675, 5.6781, 34.2821)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482BA1 #84A12B

analogous

#2B49A1 #482BA1 #832BA1

triadic

#482BA1 #A1482B #2BA148

tetradic

#482BA1 #A12B49 #84A12B #2BA183

square

#482BA1 #A12B49 #84A12B #2BA183

split-complementary

#482BA1 #A1832B #49A12B

monochromatic

#1D1140 #321E71 #482BA1 #613ECB #886ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#482BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#482BA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482BA1

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482BA1	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#224B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.178 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567be',
    500: '#482ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482ba1;
$custom-light: #8567be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.746,
    "s": 57.843,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40359,
    "c": 0.17775,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482BA1

secondary

#AABF69

accent

#E147BB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #482BA1

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

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