#482A81#482A81

#482A81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.139 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482A81
RGB	rgb(72, 42, 129)
HSL	hsl(261, 51%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(261, 67%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 67.4%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.62, 34.70, -44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.62, 56.26, 308.09°)
OKLab	oklab(37.38% 0.0578 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(37.38% 0.139 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4618, 4.6184, 21.2629)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.73

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482A81 #63812A

analogous

#2A3781 #482A81 #732A81

triadic

#482A81 #81482A #2A8148

tetradic

#482A81 #812A37 #63812A #2A8173

square

#482A81 #812A37 #63812A #2A8173

split-complementary

#482A81 #81732A #37812A

monochromatic

#140C25 #2E1B53 #482A81 #6239AF #825CCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#482A81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#482A81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482A81

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482A81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482A81	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482a81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 42, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.139 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8065a6',
    500: '#482a81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482a81;
$custom-light: #8065a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482a81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37382,
    "c": 0.13905,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482A81

secondary

#91AF57

accent

#DA4DAA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #482A81

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

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