#482EB5#482EB5

#482EB5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.199 H 282.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482EB5
RGB	rgb(72, 46, 181)
HSL	hsl(252, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 74.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.04, 48.00, -67.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.04, 82.56, 305.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.67% 0.0441 -0.1936)
OKLCH	oklch(42.67% 0.199 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9874, 6.6671, 44.3623)
Luminance	0.0667 (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

#482EB5 #9BB52E

analogous

#2E57B5 #482EB5 #8C2EB5

triadic

#482EB5 #B5482E #2EB548

tetradic

#482EB5 #B52E57 #9BB52E #2EB58C

square

#482EB5 #B52E57 #9BB52E #2EB58C

split-complementary

#482EB5 #B58C2E #57B52E

monochromatic

#211553 #352284 #482EB5 #684ED2 #917FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#482EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#482EB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482EB5

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482EB5	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00546F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 46, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.199 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886acc',
    500: '#482eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482eb5;
$custom-light: #886acc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.556,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42666,
    "c": 0.19858,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482EB5

secondary

#B8C778

accent

#E345C4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #482EB5

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

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