#482A8B#482A8B

#482A8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.152 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482A8B
RGB	rgb(72, 42, 139)
HSL	hsl(259, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 69.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.44, 37.63, -49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.44, 61.94, 307.42°)
OKLab	oklab(38.23% 0.0564 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(38.23% 0.152 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1593, 4.8974, 24.9365)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482A8B #6D8B2A

analogous

#2A3C8B #482A8B #782A8B

triadic

#482A8B #8B482A #2A8B48

tetradic

#482A8B #8B2A3C #6D8B2A #2A8B78

square

#482A8B #8B2A3C #6D8B2A #2A8B78

split-complementary

#482A8B #8B782A #3C8B2A

monochromatic

#170E2D #301C5C #482A8B #6038BA #8360CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#482A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#482A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482A8B

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482A8B	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 42, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.152 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166ae',
    500: '#482a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482a8b;
$custom-light: #8166ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.557,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3823,
    "c": 0.15177,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482A8B

secondary

#99B55C

accent

#DD4BB0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #482A8B

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

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