#482BA3#482BA3

#482BA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.180 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482BA3
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 163)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 73.6%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.77, 44.20, -60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.77, 74.60, 306.33°)
OKLab	oklab(40.55% 0.0506 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(40.55% 0.18 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.1452, 5.7493, 35.2184)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.55

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482BA3 #86A32B

analogous

#2B4AA3 #482BA3 #842BA3

triadic

#482BA3 #A3482B #2BA348

tetradic

#482BA3 #A32B4A #86A32B #2BA384

square

#482BA3 #A32B4A #86A32B #2BA384

split-complementary

#482BA3 #A3842B #4AA32B

monochromatic

#1D1142 #331E73 #482BA3 #613FCC #896FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#482BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#482BA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482BA3

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482BA3	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F4C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.180 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567bf',
    500: '#482ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482ba3;
$custom-light: #8567bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.5,
    "s": 58.252,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40547,
    "c": 0.18017,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482BA3

secondary

#ABC06A

accent

#E146BC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #482BA3

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

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