#482B73#482B73

#482B73 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.119 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B73
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 115)
HSL	hsl(264, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(264, 63%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 62.6%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.78, 30.07, -36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.78, 47.50, 309.28°)
OKLab	oklab(36.43% 0.0577 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(36.43% 0.119 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6301, 4.3432, 16.7053)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 6.53

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B73 #56732B

analogous

#2B3273 #482B73 #6C2B73

triadic

#482B73 #73482B #2B7348

tetradic

#482B73 #732B32 #56732B #2B736C

square

#482B73 #732B32 #56732B #2B736C

split-complementary

#482B73 #736C2B #32732B

monochromatic

#100A1A #2C1A46 #482B73 #643CA0 #8258C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.24

#482B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#482B73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B73

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B73	1.00	11.24	1.87	11.24
#FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#013B75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#113A71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.119 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e669c',
    500: '#482b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b73;
$custom-light: #7e669c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.167,
    "s": 45.57,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36433,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B73

secondary

#85A555

accent

#D553A1

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B73

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

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