#482B6B#482B6B

#482B6B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.109 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B6B
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 107)
HSL	hsl(267, 43%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(267, 60%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 59.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.22, 27.82, -32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.22, 42.80, 310.54°)
OKLab	oklab(35.84% 0.0577 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(35.84% 0.109 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1896, 4.1670, 14.3853)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 7.69

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B6B #4E6B2B

analogous

#2B2E6B #482B6B #682B6B

triadic

#482B6B #6B482B #2B6B48

tetradic

#482B6B #6B2B2E #4E6B2B #2B6B68

square

#482B6B #6B2B2E #4E6B2B #2B6B68

split-complementary

#482B6B #6B682B #2E6B2B

monochromatic

#0F0916 #2B193F #482B6B #653D97 #8356BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#482B6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#482B6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B6B

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B6B	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#10396D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B396A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.109 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d6596',
    500: '#482b6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b6b;
$custom-light: #7d6596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.188,
    "s": 42.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35844,
    "c": 0.10855,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B6B

secondary

#7C9D55

accent

#D2559A

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B6B

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

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