#482E9C#482E9C

#482E9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.168 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482E9C
RGB	rgb(72, 46, 156)
HSL	hsl(254, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 70.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.72, 40.47, -55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.72, 69.03, 305.89°)
OKLab	oklab(40.32% 0.0495 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(40.32% 0.168 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.6485, 5.7315, 32.0439)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482E9C #829C2E

analogous

#2E4B9C #482E9C #7F2E9C

triadic

#482E9C #9C482E #2E9C48

tetradic

#482E9C #9C2E4B #829C2E #2E9C7F

square

#482E9C #9C2E4B #829C2E #2E9C7F

split-complementary

#482E9C #9C7F2E #4B9C2E

monochromatic

#1C123D #32206D #482E9C #6040C7 #8870D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#482E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#482E9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482E9C

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482E9C	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 46, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.168 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8469ba',
    500: '#482e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482e9c;
$custom-light: #8469ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.182,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4032,
    "c": 0.16813,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482E9C

secondary

#A9BC6A

accent

#DE4ABB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #482E9C

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

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