#482CA9#482CA9

#482CA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.186 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482CA9
RGB	rgb(72, 44, 169)
HSL	hsl(253, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 74%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.52, 45.46, -62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.52, 77.27, 306.04°)
OKLab	oklab(41.25% 0.0484 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(41.25% 0.186 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7324, 6.0430, 38.1293)
Luminance	0.0604 (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

#482CA9 #8DA92C

analogous

#2C4FA9 #482CA9 #872CA9

triadic

#482CA9 #A9482C #2CA948

tetradic

#482CA9 #A92C4F #8DA92C #2CA987

square

#482CA9 #A92C4F #8DA92C #2CA987

split-complementary

#482CA9 #A9872C #4FA92C

monochromatic

#1F1348 #331F78 #482CA9 #6344CE #8B74DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#482CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#482CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482CA9

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482CA9	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#174E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 44, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.186 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668c4',
    500: '#482ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482ca9;
$custom-light: #8668c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.44,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41249,
    "c": 0.18632,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482CA9

secondary

#B0C36E

accent

#E246BF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #482CA9

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

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