#482E9B#482E9B

#482E9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.167 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482E9B
RGB	rgb(72, 46, 155)
HSL	hsl(254, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(254, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 70.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.64, 40.16, -55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.64, 68.47, 305.91°)
OKLab	oklab(40.23% 0.0497 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(40.23% 0.167 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5641, 5.6978, 31.5998)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482E9B #819B2E

analogous

#2E4B9B #482E9B #7F2E9B

triadic

#482E9B #9B482E #2E9B48

tetradic

#482E9B #9B2E4B #819B2E #2E9B7F

square

#482E9B #9B2E4B #819B2E #2E9B7F

split-complementary

#482E9B #9B7F2E #4B9B2E

monochromatic

#1C123D #32206C #482E9B #6040C6 #876FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#482E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#482E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482E9B

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482E9B	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#274A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 46, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.167 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8369b9',
    500: '#482e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482e9b;
$custom-light: #8369b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.312,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4023,
    "c": 0.16687,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482E9B

secondary

#A8BC69

accent

#DE4ABA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #482E9B

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

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