#482CA6#482CA6

#482CA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.183 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482CA6
RGB	rgb(72, 44, 166)
HSL	hsl(254, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 73.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.24, 44.56, -61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.24, 75.66, 306.09°)
OKLab	oklab(40.96% 0.0491 -0.176)
OKLCH	oklch(40.96% 0.183 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.4540, 5.9317, 36.6631)
Luminance	0.0593 (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

#482CA6 #8AA62C

analogous

#2C4DA6 #482CA6 #852CA6

triadic

#482CA6 #A6482C #2CA648

tetradic

#482CA6 #A62C4D #8AA62C #2CA685

square

#482CA6 #A62C4D #8AA62C #2CA685

split-complementary

#482CA6 #A6852C #4DA62C

monochromatic

#1E1245 #331F76 #482CA6 #6242CD #8A73DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#482CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#482CA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482CA6

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482CA6	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B4D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 44, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.183 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568c1',
    500: '#482ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482ca6;
$custom-light: #8568c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.77,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40964,
    "c": 0.1827,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482CA6

secondary

#AEC16D

accent

#E146BE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #482CA6

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

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