#482B74#482B74

#482B74 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.121 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B74
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 116)
HSL	hsl(264, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(264, 63%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 62.9%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.85, 30.36, -37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.85, 48.08, 309.15°)
OKLab	oklab(36.51% 0.0576 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(36.51% 0.121 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6880, 4.3663, 17.0100)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B74 #57742B

analogous

#2B3274 #482B74 #6C2B74

triadic

#482B74 #74482B #2B7448

tetradic

#482B74 #742B32 #57742B #2B746C

square

#482B74 #742B32 #57742B #2B746C

split-complementary

#482B74 #746C2B #32742B

monochromatic

#110A1B #2C1A47 #482B74 #643CA1 #8258C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#482B74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#482B74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B74

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B74	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3A72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.121 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e669c',
    500: '#482b74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b74;
$custom-light: #7e669c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.836,
    "s": 45.912,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36508,
    "c": 0.12058,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B74

secondary

#86A655

accent

#D652A1

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B74

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

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