#482BA9#482BA9

#482BA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.187 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482BA9
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 169)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 74.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.34, 45.98, -62.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.34, 77.83, 306.22°)
OKLab	oklab(41.12% 0.0492 -0.1808)
OKLCH	oklch(41.12% 0.187 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.6956, 5.9694, 38.1170)
Luminance	0.0597 (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

#482BA9 #8CA92B

analogous

#2B4DA9 #482BA9 #872BA9

triadic

#482BA9 #A9482B #2BA948

tetradic

#482BA9 #A92B4D #8CA92B #2BA987

square

#482BA9 #A92B4D #8CA92B #2BA987

split-complementary

#482BA9 #A9872B #4DA92B

monochromatic

#1E1247 #331F78 #482BA9 #6342CF #8B73DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#482BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#482BA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482BA9

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482BA9	1.00	9.57	2.19	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#174E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.187 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668c4',
    500: '#482ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482ba9;
$custom-light: #8668c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.81,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41118,
    "c": 0.18738,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482BA9

secondary

#AFC36D

accent

#E345BE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #482BA9

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

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