#482D9B#482D9B

#482D9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.168 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482D9B
RGB	rgb(72, 45, 155)
HSL	hsl(255, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 71%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.43, 40.72, -55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.43, 69.07, 306.13°)
OKLab	oklab(40.09% 0.0506 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(40.09% 0.168 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5255, 5.6206, 31.5870)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482D9B #809B2D

analogous

#2D499B #482D9B #7F2D9B

triadic

#482D9B #9B482D #2D9B48

tetradic

#482D9B #9B2D49 #809B2D #2D9B7F

square

#482D9B #9B2D49 #809B2D #2D9B7F

split-complementary

#482D9B #9B7F2D #499B2D

monochromatic

#1C113C #321F6C #482D9B #603EC7 #876ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#482D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#482D9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482D9B

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482D9B	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#274A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 45, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.168 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468b9',
    500: '#482d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482d9b;
$custom-light: #8468b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.727,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40085,
    "c": 0.16807,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482D9B

secondary

#A7BC68

accent

#DE49BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #482D9B

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

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