#482A8E#482A8E

#482A8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.156 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482A8E
RGB	rgb(72, 42, 142)
HSL	hsl(258, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(258, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 70.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.70, 38.52, -50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.70, 63.62, 307.26°)
OKLab	oklab(38.49% 0.0559 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(38.49% 0.156 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3816, 4.9863, 26.1068)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482A8E #708E2A

analogous

#2A3E8E #482A8E #7A2A8E

triadic

#482A8E #8E482A #2A8E48

tetradic

#482A8E #8E2A3E #708E2A #2A8E7A

square

#482A8E #8E2A3E #708E2A #2A8E7A

split-complementary

#482A8E #8E7A2A #3E8E2A

monochromatic

#180E30 #301C5F #482A8E #6038BD #8362D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#482A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#482A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482A8E

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482A8E	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 42, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.156 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8266b0',
    500: '#482a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482a8e;
$custom-light: #8266b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38492,
    "c": 0.15553,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482A8E

secondary

#9CB65D

accent

#DE4AB1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #482A8E

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

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