#482D9E#482D9E

#482D9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.172 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482D9E
RGB	rgb(72, 45, 158)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 71.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.70, 41.62, -57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.70, 70.72, 306.05°)
OKLab	oklab(40.36% 0.05 -0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(40.36% 0.172 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.7806, 5.7226, 32.9303)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482D9E #839E2D

analogous

#2D4B9E #482D9E #802D9E

triadic

#482D9E #9E482D #2D9E48

tetradic

#482D9E #9E2D4B #839E2D #2D9E80

square

#482D9E #9E2D4B #839E2D #2D9E80

split-complementary

#482D9E #9E802D #4B9E2D

monochromatic

#1D123F #321F6E #482D9E #6040C9 #886FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#482D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#482D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482D9E

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482D9E	1.00	9.79	2.14	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 45, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.172 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468bc',
    500: '#482d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482d9e;
$custom-light: #8468bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.336,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40358,
    "c": 0.1718,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482D9E

secondary

#A9BD69

accent

#DF49BB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #482D9E

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

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