#482B72#482B72

#482B72 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.118 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B72
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 114)
HSL	hsl(265, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 62%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 62.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.70, 29.79, -36.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.70, 46.91, 309.42°)
OKLab	oklab(36.36% 0.0577 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(36.36% 0.118 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5729, 4.3203, 16.4039)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 6.66

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B72 #55722B

analogous

#2B3172 #482B72 #6B2B72

triadic

#482B72 #72482B #2B7248

tetradic

#482B72 #722B31 #55722B #2B726B

square

#482B72 #722B31 #55722B #2B726B

split-complementary

#482B72 #726B2B #31722B

monochromatic

#100919 #2C1A46 #482B72 #643C9E #8258C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#482B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#482B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B72

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B72	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#033B74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#123A70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.118 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e669b',
    500: '#482b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b72;
$custom-light: #7e669b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.507,
    "s": 45.223,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36357,
    "c": 0.11792,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B72

secondary

#84A455

accent

#D553A0

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B72

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

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