#482B6F#482B6F

#482B6F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.114 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B6F
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 111)
HSL	hsl(266, 44%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(266, 61%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 61.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.49, 28.94, -34.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.49, 45.15, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(36.13% 0.0578 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(36.13% 0.114 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.4049, 4.2531, 15.5193)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 7.07

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B6F #526F2B

analogous

#2B306F #482B6F #6A2B6F

triadic

#482B6F #6F482B #2B6F48

tetradic

#482B6F #6F2B30 #526F2B #2B6F6A

square

#482B6F #6F2B30 #526F2B #2B6F6A

split-complementary

#482B6F #6F6A2B #306F2B

monochromatic

#0F0917 #2B1A43 #482B6F #653C9B #8357BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#482B6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#482B6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B6F

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B6F	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#093A71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173A6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.114 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6699',
    500: '#482b6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b6f;
$custom-light: #7e6699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.588,
    "s": 44.156,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36134,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B6F

secondary

#80A155

accent

#D4549D

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B6F

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

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