#482C9B#482C9B

#482C9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.169 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482C9B
RGB	rgb(72, 44, 155)
HSL	hsl(255, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 71.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.23, 41.27, -56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.23, 69.66, 306.34°)
OKLab	oklab(39.94% 0.0515 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(39.94% 0.169 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.4878, 5.5452, 31.5744)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482C9B #7F9B2C

analogous

#2C489B #482C9B #802C9B

triadic

#482C9B #9B482C #2C9B48

tetradic

#482C9B #9B2C48 #7F9B2C #2C9B80

square

#482C9B #9B2C48 #7F9B2C #2C9B80

split-complementary

#482C9B #9B802C #489B2C

monochromatic

#1C113C #321E6B #482C9B #603CC8 #876CD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#482C9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#482C9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482C9B

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482C9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482C9B	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482c9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 44, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.169 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468b9',
    500: '#482c9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482c9b;
$custom-light: #8468b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482c9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.135,
    "s": 55.779,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39943,
    "c": 0.16926,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482C9B

secondary

#A7BC67

accent

#DF49B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #482C9B

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

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