#482BA8#482BA8

#482BA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.186 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482BA8
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 168)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 74.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.24, 45.69, -62.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.24, 77.29, 306.23°)
OKLab	oklab(41.02% 0.0495 -0.1795)
OKLCH	oklch(41.02% 0.186 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.6021, 5.9320, 37.6245)
Luminance	0.0593 (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

#482BA8 #8BA82B

analogous

#2B4DA8 #482BA8 #872BA8

triadic

#482BA8 #A8482B #2BA848

tetradic

#482BA8 #A82B4D #8BA82B #2BA887

square

#482BA8 #A82B4D #8BA82B #2BA887

split-complementary

#482BA8 #A8872B #4DA82B

monochromatic

#1E1247 #331F77 #482BA8 #6242CF #8B72DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#482BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#482BA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482BA8

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482BA8	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#194E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.186 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668c3',
    500: '#482ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482ba8;
$custom-light: #8668c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.92,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41022,
    "c": 0.18618,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482BA8

secondary

#AEC26C

accent

#E245BE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #482BA8

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

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