#482EA9#482EA9

#482EA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.184 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482EA9
RGB	rgb(72, 46, 169)
HSL	hsl(253, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 72.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.90, 44.39, -61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.90, 76.14, 305.66°)
OKLab	oklab(41.52% 0.0469 -0.1781)
OKLCH	oklch(41.52% 0.184 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.8087, 6.1956, 38.1547)
Luminance	0.0620 (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

#482EA9 #8FA92E

analogous

#2E52A9 #482EA9 #862EA9

triadic

#482EA9 #A9482E #2EA948

tetradic

#482EA9 #A92E52 #8FA92E #2EA986

square

#482EA9 #A92E52 #8FA92E #2EA986

split-complementary

#482EA9 #A9862E #52A92E

monochromatic

#1F1449 #342179 #482EA9 #6347CD #8C77DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#482EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#482EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482EA9

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482EA9	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#174F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 46, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.184 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669c4',
    500: '#482ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482ea9;
$custom-light: #8669c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.683,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41518,
    "c": 0.18416,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482EA9

secondary

#B1C271

accent

#E047C0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #482EA9

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

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