#482BA5#482BA5

#482BA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.183 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482BA5
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 165)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 73.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.96, 44.80, -61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.96, 75.68, 306.29°)
OKLab	oklab(40.74% 0.0502 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(40.74% 0.183 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3259, 5.8215, 36.1696)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482BA5 #88A52B

analogous

#2B4BA5 #482BA5 #852BA5

triadic

#482BA5 #A5482B #2BA548

tetradic

#482BA5 #A52B4B #88A52B #2BA585

square

#482BA5 #A52B4B #88A52B #2BA585

split-complementary

#482BA5 #A5852B #4BA52B

monochromatic

#1E1244 #331E74 #482BA5 #6240CD #8A71DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#482BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#482BA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482BA5

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482BA5	1.00	9.70	2.16	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D4C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.183 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567c1',
    500: '#482ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482ba5;
$custom-light: #8567c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.262,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40736,
    "c": 0.18258,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482BA5

secondary

#ADC16B

accent

#E246BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #482BA5

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

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