#482A5E#482A5E

#482A5E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.093 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482A5E
RGB	rgb(72, 42, 94)
HSL	hsl(275, 38%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(275, 55%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 55.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.14, 24.92, -25.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.14, 35.85, 314.04°)
OKLab	oklab(34.78% 0.0584 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(34.78% 0.093 309)
XYZ	xyz(5.5204, 3.8419, 11.0382)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.41

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482A5E #405E2A

analogous

#2E2A5E #482A5E #5E2A5A

triadic

#482A5E #5E482A #2A5E48

tetradic

#482A5E #5E2E2A #405E2A #2A5A5E

square

#482A5E #5E2E2A #405E2A #2A5A5E

split-complementary

#482A5E #5A5E2A #2A5E2E

monochromatic

#100915 #281734 #482A5E #683D88 #8951B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#482A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#482A5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482A5E

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482A5E	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C3660

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25385D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45333F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 42, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.093 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c648c',
    500: '#482a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482a5e;
$custom-light: #7c648c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.615,
    "s": 38.235,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34782,
    "c": 0.09285,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.03842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482A5E

secondary

#6D9053

accent

#CE5A8B

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBF0

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #482A5E

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

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