#482E9D#482E9D

#482E9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.169 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482E9D
RGB	rgb(72, 46, 157)
HSL	hsl(254, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 70.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.81, 40.77, -56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.81, 69.58, 305.87°)
OKLab	oklab(40.41% 0.0493 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(40.41% 0.169 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.7335, 5.7655, 32.4917)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482E9D #839D2E

analogous

#2E4C9D #482E9D #802E9D

triadic

#482E9D #9D482E #2E9D48

tetradic

#482E9D #9D2E4C #839D2E #2E9D80

square

#482E9D #9D2E4C #839D2E #2E9D80

split-complementary

#482E9D #9D802E #4C9D2E

monochromatic

#1D123E #32206E #482E9D #6041C7 #8870D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#482E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#482E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482E9D

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482E9D	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 46, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.169 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8469bb',
    500: '#482e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482e9d;
$custom-light: #8469bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.054,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4041,
    "c": 0.16937,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482E9D

secondary

#A9BD6A

accent

#DE4ABB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #482E9D

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

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