#482A72#482A72

#482A72 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.120 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482A72
RGB	rgb(72, 42, 114)
HSL	hsl(265, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 63%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 63.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.48, 30.39, -36.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.48, 47.58, 309.70°)
OKLab	oklab(36.19% 0.059 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(36.19% 0.12 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5370, 4.2485, 16.3920)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 6.85

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482A72 #54722A

analogous

#2A3072 #482A72 #6C2A72

triadic

#482A72 #72482A #2A7248

tetradic

#482A72 #722A30 #54722A #2A726C

square

#482A72 #722A30 #54722A #2A726C

split-complementary

#482A72 #726C2A #30722A

monochromatic

#100919 #2C1A45 #482A72 #643A9F #8256C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#482A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#482A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482A72

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482A72	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#103A70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 42, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.120 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e659b',
    500: '#482a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482a72;
$custom-light: #7e659b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36192,
    "c": 0.11951,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482A72

secondary

#83A454

accent

#D6529F

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #482A72

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

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