#482B65#482B65

#482B65 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.100 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B65
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 101)
HSL	hsl(270, 40%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 57%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 57.4%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.82, 26.17, -29.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.82, 39.26, 311.80°)
OKLab	oklab(35.43% 0.0575 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(35.43% 0.1 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8848, 4.0451, 12.7802)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B65 #48652B

analogous

#2B2B65 #482B65 #652B65

triadic

#482B65 #65482B #2B6548

tetradic

#482B65 #652B2B #48652B #2B6565

square

#482B65 #652B2B #48652B #2B6565

split-complementary

#482B65 #65652B #2B652B

monochromatic

#0F0915 #29193A #482B65 #673D90 #8554B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#482B65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#482B65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B65

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B65	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#173867

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433643

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.100 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d6591',
    500: '#482b65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b65;
$custom-light: #7d6591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 40.278,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35425,
    "c": 0.10046,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B65

secondary

#769755

accent

#D05894

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBF0

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B65

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

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