#482B6A#482B6A

#482B6A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.107 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B6A
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 106)
HSL	hsl(268, 42%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(268, 59%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 59.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.15, 27.54, -31.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.15, 42.21, 310.73°)
OKLab	oklab(35.77% 0.0577 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(35.77% 0.107 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.1373, 4.1461, 14.1098)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 7.86

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B6A #4D6A2B

analogous

#2B2E6A #482B6A #682B6A

triadic

#482B6A #6A482B #2B6A48

tetradic

#482B6A #6A2B2E #4D6A2B #2B6A68

square

#482B6A #6A2B2E #4D6A2B #2B6A68

split-complementary

#482B6A #6A682B #2E6A2B

monochromatic

#0F0916 #2A193E #482B6A #663D96 #8455BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#482B6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#482B6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B6A

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B6A	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#11396C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.107 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d6595',
    500: '#482b6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b6a;
$custom-light: #7d6595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.619,
    "s": 42.282,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35773,
    "c": 0.1072,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B6A

secondary

#7B9C55

accent

#D25699

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF1

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B6A

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

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