#482B70#482B70

#482B70 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.115 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B70
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 112)
HSL	hsl(265, 45%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(265, 62%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 61.6%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.56, 29.22, -35.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.56, 45.74, 309.70°)
OKLab	oklab(36.21% 0.0577 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(36.21% 0.115 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.4603, 4.2753, 15.8109)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 6.93

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B70 #53702B

analogous

#2B3170 #482B70 #6A2B70

triadic

#482B70 #70482B #2B7048

tetradic

#482B70 #702B31 #53702B #2B706A

square

#482B70 #702B31 #53702B #2B706A

split-complementary

#482B70 #706A2B #31702B

monochromatic

#0F0918 #2C1A44 #482B70 #643C9C #8257BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#482B70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#482B70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B70

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B70	1.00	11.32	1.86	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#073A72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#153A6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.115 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6699',
    500: '#482b70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b70;
$custom-light: #7e6699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.217,
    "s": 44.516,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36208,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B70

secondary

#82A255

accent

#D4549E

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B70

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

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