#482B59#482B59

#482B59 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.084 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B59
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 89)
HSL	hsl(278, 35%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 52%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 51.7%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.09, 23.00, -22.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.09, 32.21, 315.56°)
OKLab	oklab(34.65% 0.0562 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(34.65% 0.084 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.3392, 3.8268, 9.9066)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B59 #3C592B

analogous

#312B59 #482B59 #592B53

triadic

#482B59 #59482B #2B5948

tetradic

#482B59 #59312B #3C592B #2B5359

square

#482B59 #59312B #3C592B #2B5359

split-complementary

#482B59 #53592B #2B5931

monochromatic

#110A15 #271730 #482B59 #693F82 #8B53AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#482B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#482B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B59

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B59	1.00	11.90	1.77	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21365B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46323D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.084 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c6588',
    500: '#482b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b59;
$custom-light: #7c6588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.826,
    "s": 34.848,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34647,
    "c": 0.08428,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B59

secondary

#698B55

accent

#CB5D86

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBEF

border

#C9C6CA

text

#09050B

muted

#7B7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B59

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →