#482B60#482B60

#482B60 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.094 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B60
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 96)
HSL	hsl(273, 38%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 55%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 55.2%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.51, 24.82, -26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.51, 36.31, 313.12°)
OKLab	oklab(35.09% 0.0571 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(35.09% 0.094 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.6473, 3.9501, 11.5290)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B60 #43602B

analogous

#2E2B60 #482B60 #602B5E

triadic

#482B60 #60482B #2B6048

tetradic

#482B60 #602E2B #43602B #2B5E60

square

#482B60 #602E2B #43602B #2B5E60

split-complementary

#482B60 #5E602B #2B602E

monochromatic

#100915 #281836 #482B60 #683E8A #8753B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#482B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#482B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B60

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B60	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C3762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24385F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.094 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d658d',
    500: '#482b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b60;
$custom-light: #7d658d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.83,
    "s": 38.129,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35091,
    "c": 0.0937,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B60

secondary

#709255

accent

#CE5A8E

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBF0

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B60

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

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