#482C9A#482C9A

#482C9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.168 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482C9A
RGB	rgb(72, 44, 154)
HSL	hsl(255, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 71.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.15, 40.98, -55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.15, 69.11, 306.37°)
OKLab	oklab(39.85% 0.0517 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(39.85% 0.168 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4042, 5.5117, 31.1339)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482C9A #7E9A2C

analogous

#2C479A #482C9A #7F2C9A

triadic

#482C9A #9A482C #2C9A48

tetradic

#482C9A #9A2C47 #7E9A2C #2C9A7F

square

#482C9A #9A2C47 #7E9A2C #2C9A7F

split-complementary

#482C9A #9A7F2C #479A2C

monochromatic

#1B113B #321E6A #482C9A #5F3CC7 #866CD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99

#482C9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#482C9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482C9A

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482C9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482C9A	1.00	9.99	2.10	9.99
#FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482c9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 44, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.168 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8368b9',
    500: '#482c9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482c9a;
$custom-light: #8368b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482c9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.273,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39852,
    "c": 0.16802,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482C9A

secondary

#A6BC66

accent

#DF49B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #482C9A

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

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