#482D9C#482D9C

#482D9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.169 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482D9C
RGB	rgb(72, 45, 156)
HSL	hsl(255, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 71.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.52, 41.02, -56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.52, 69.62, 306.10°)
OKLab	oklab(40.18% 0.0504 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(40.18% 0.169 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.6098, 5.6543, 32.0311)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482D9C #819C2D

analogous

#2D499C #482D9C #802D9C

triadic

#482D9C #9C482D #2D9C48

tetradic

#482D9C #9C2D49 #819C2D #2D9C80

square

#482D9C #9C2D49 #819C2D #2D9C80

split-complementary

#482D9C #9C802D #499C2D

monochromatic

#1C123D #321F6D #482D9C #603FC8 #876ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#482D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#482D9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482D9C

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482D9C	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#274A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 45, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.169 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468ba',
    500: '#482d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482d9c;
$custom-light: #8468ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.595,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40176,
    "c": 0.16931,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482D9C

secondary

#A8BC68

accent

#DF49BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #482D9C

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

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