#482EA5#482EA5

#482EA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.179 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482EA5
RGB	rgb(72, 46, 165)
HSL	hsl(253, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 72.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.53, 43.19, -60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.53, 73.97, 305.72°)
OKLab	oklab(41.14% 0.0477 -0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(41.14% 0.179 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.4390, 6.0477, 36.2073)
Luminance	0.0605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482EA5 #8BA52E

analogous

#2E50A5 #482EA5 #842EA5

triadic

#482EA5 #A5482E #2EA548

tetradic

#482EA5 #A52E50 #8BA52E #2EA584

square

#482EA5 #A52E50 #8BA52E #2EA584

split-complementary

#482EA5 #A5842E #50A52E

monochromatic

#1E1345 #332175 #482EA5 #6245CB #8B75D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#482EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#482EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482EA5

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482EA5	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D4E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 46, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.179 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569c1',
    500: '#482ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482ea5;
$custom-light: #8569c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.109,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41144,
    "c": 0.17928,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482EA5

secondary

#AEC06F

accent

#E048BF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #482EA5

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

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