#482C9F#482C9F

#482C9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.174 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482C9F
RGB	rgb(72, 44, 159)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 72.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.59, 42.47, -57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.59, 71.85, 306.23°)
OKLab	oklab(40.31% 0.0507 -0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(40.31% 0.174 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.8293, 5.6818, 33.3729)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482C9F #839F2C

analogous

#2C499F #482C9F #822C9F

triadic

#482C9F #9F482C #2C9F48

tetradic

#482C9F #9F2C49 #839F2C #2C9F82

square

#482C9F #9F2C49 #839F2C #2C9F82

split-complementary

#482C9F #9F822C #499F2C

monochromatic

#1D113F #321F6F #482C9F #603ECA #886ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#482C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#482C9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482C9F

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482C9F	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 44, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.174 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468bc',
    500: '#482c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482c9f;
$custom-light: #8468bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.609,
    "s": 56.65,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4031,
    "c": 0.17418,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482C9F

secondary

#A9BE69

accent

#E048BB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #482C9F

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

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