#482CA5#482CA5

#482CA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.181 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482CA5
RGB	rgb(72, 44, 165)
HSL	hsl(254, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 73.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.15, 44.27, -60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.15, 75.12, 306.11°)
OKLab	oklab(40.87% 0.0494 -0.1746)
OKLCH	oklch(40.87% 0.181 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.3627, 5.8951, 36.1818)
Luminance	0.0590 (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

#482CA5 #89A52C

analogous

#2C4CA5 #482CA5 #842CA5

triadic

#482CA5 #A5482C #2CA548

tetradic

#482CA5 #A52C4C #89A52C #2CA584

square

#482CA5 #A52C4C #89A52C #2CA584

split-complementary

#482CA5 #A5842C #4CA52C

monochromatic

#1E1244 #331F75 #482CA5 #6242CD #8A72D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#482CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#482CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482CA5

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482CA5	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D4D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 44, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.181 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568c1',
    500: '#482ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482ca5;
$custom-light: #8568c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.884,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4087,
    "c": 0.18149,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482CA5

secondary

#ADC16C

accent

#E147BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #482CA5

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

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