#482B68#482B68

#482B68 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.105 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B68
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 104)
HSL	hsl(269, 41%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 59%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 58.7%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.02, 26.99, -30.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.02, 41.03, 311.13°)
OKLab	oklab(35.63% 0.0576 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(35.63% 0.105 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.0345, 4.1050, 13.5684)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 8.22

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B68 #4B682B

analogous

#2B2D68 #482B68 #672B68

triadic

#482B68 #68482B #2B6848

tetradic

#482B68 #682B2D #4B682B #2B6867

square

#482B68 #682B2D #4B682B #2B6867

split-complementary

#482B68 #68672B #2D682B

monochromatic

#0F0916 #2A193D #482B68 #663D93 #8455B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#482B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#482B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B68

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B68	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14386A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.105 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d6593',
    500: '#482b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b68;
$custom-light: #7d6593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.525,
    "s": 41.497,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35632,
    "c": 0.10451,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B68

secondary

#799A55

accent

#D15697

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF1

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B68

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

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