#482B71#482B71

#482B71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.117 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B71
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 113)
HSL	hsl(265, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 62%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 61.9%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.63, 29.50, -35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.63, 46.33, 309.56°)
OKLab	oklab(36.28% 0.0577 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(36.28% 0.117 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.5163, 4.2977, 16.1058)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 6.79

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B71 #54712B

analogous

#2B3171 #482B71 #6B2B71

triadic

#482B71 #71482B #2B7148

tetradic

#482B71 #712B31 #54712B #2B716B

square

#482B71 #712B31 #54712B #2B716B

split-complementary

#482B71 #716B2B #31712B

monochromatic

#100918 #2C1A45 #482B71 #643C9D #8257BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#482B71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#482B71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B71

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B71	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#053A73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#143A6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.117 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e669a',
    500: '#482b71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b71;
$custom-light: #7e669a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.857,
    "s": 44.872,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36282,
    "c": 0.11659,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B71

secondary

#83A355

accent

#D5539F

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B71

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

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