#482D9A#482D9A

#482D9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.167 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482D9A
RGB	rgb(72, 45, 154)
HSL	hsl(255, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 70.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.35, 40.42, -55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.35, 68.51, 306.15°)
OKLab	oklab(40% 0.0508 -0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(40% 0.167 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.4419, 5.5871, 31.1465)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482D9A #7F9A2D

analogous

#2D499A #482D9A #7F2D9A

triadic

#482D9A #9A482D #2D9A48

tetradic

#482D9A #9A2D49 #7F9A2D #2D9A7F

square

#482D9A #9A2D49 #7F9A2D #2D9A7F

split-complementary

#482D9A #9A7F2D #499A2D

monochromatic

#1C113B #321F6B #482D9A #603EC7 #876DD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#482D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#482D9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482D9A

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482D9A	1.00	9.92	2.12	9.92
#FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 45, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.167 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8368b9',
    500: '#482d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482d9a;
$custom-light: #8368b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.862,
    "s": 54.774,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39995,
    "c": 0.16682,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482D9A

secondary

#A7BB67

accent

#DE4AB9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #482D9A

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

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