#482E9E#482E9E

#482E9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.171 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482E9E
RGB	rgb(72, 46, 158)
HSL	hsl(254, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 70.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.90, 41.07, -56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.90, 70.13, 305.85°)
OKLab	oklab(40.5% 0.0491 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(40.5% 0.171 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.8192, 5.7998, 32.9432)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482E9E #849E2E

analogous

#2E4C9E #482E9E #802E9E

triadic

#482E9E #9E482E #2E9E48

tetradic

#482E9E #9E2E4C #849E2E #2E9E80

square

#482E9E #9E2E4C #849E2E #2E9E80

split-complementary

#482E9E #9E802E #4C9E2E

monochromatic

#1D123F #32206F #482E9E #6141C8 #8871D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#482E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#482E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482E9E

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482E9E	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 46, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.171 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8469bc',
    500: '#482e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482e9e;
$custom-light: #8469bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.929,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40501,
    "c": 0.17062,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482E9E

secondary

#AABD6B

accent

#DE4ABC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #482E9E

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

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