#482E9A#482E9A

#482E9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.166 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482E9A
RGB	rgb(72, 46, 154)
HSL	hsl(254, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(254, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 70.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.55, 39.86, -54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.55, 67.92, 305.94°)
OKLab	oklab(40.14% 0.0498 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(40.14% 0.166 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4805, 5.6643, 31.1594)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482E9A #809A2E

analogous

#2E4A9A #482E9A #7E2E9A

triadic

#482E9A #9A482E #2E9A48

tetradic

#482E9A #9A2E4A #809A2E #2E9A7E

square

#482E9A #9A2E4A #809A2E #2E9A7E

split-complementary

#482E9A #9A7E2E #4A9A2E

monochromatic

#1C123C #32206B #482E9A #603FC6 #876FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#482E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#482E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482E9A

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482E9A	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)

#00469D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 46, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.166 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8369b9',
    500: '#482e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482e9a;
$custom-light: #8369b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.444,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4014,
    "c": 0.16562,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482E9A

secondary

#A7BB69

accent

#DD4ABA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #482E9A

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

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