#482B6E#482B6E

#482B6E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.113 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B6E
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 110)
HSL	hsl(266, 44%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(266, 61%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 60.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.42, 28.66, -34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.42, 44.56, 310.02°)
OKLab	oklab(36.06% 0.0578 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(36.06% 0.113 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3502, 4.2312, 15.2310)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 7.22

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B6E #516E2B

analogous

#2B306E #482B6E #692B6E

triadic

#482B6E #6E482B #2B6E48

tetradic

#482B6E #6E2B30 #516E2B #2B6E69

square

#482B6E #6E2B30 #516E2B #2B6E69

split-complementary

#482B6E #6E692B #306E2B

monochromatic

#0E0916 #2B1A42 #482B6E #653C9A #8356BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#482B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#482B6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B6E

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B6E	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B3A70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.113 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6698',
    500: '#482b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b6e;
$custom-light: #7e6698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.97,
    "s": 43.791,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36061,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B6E

secondary

#7FA055

accent

#D4549C

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B6E

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

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