#482D9D#482D9D

#482D9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.171 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482D9D
RGB	rgb(72, 45, 157)
HSL	hsl(254, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 71.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.61, 41.32, -56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.61, 70.17, 306.08°)
OKLab	oklab(40.27% 0.0502 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(40.27% 0.171 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.6949, 5.6883, 32.4789)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482D9D #829D2D

analogous

#2D4A9D #482D9D #802D9D

triadic

#482D9D #9D482D #2D9D48

tetradic

#482D9D #9D2D4A #829D2D #2D9D80

square

#482D9D #9D2D4A #829D2D #2D9D80

split-complementary

#482D9D #9D802D #4A9D2D

monochromatic

#1C123E #321F6D #482D9D #603FC8 #886FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#482D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#482D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482D9D

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482D9D	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 45, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.171 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468bb',
    500: '#482d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482d9d;
$custom-light: #8468bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.464,
    "s": 55.446,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40266,
    "c": 0.17056,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482D9D

secondary

#A9BD69

accent

#DF49BB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #482D9D

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

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