#482B79#482B79

#482B79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.127 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B79
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 121)
HSL	hsl(262, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(262, 64%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 64.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.22, 31.79, -39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.22, 51.00, 308.57°)
OKLab	oklab(36.9% 0.0574 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(36.9% 0.127 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9867, 4.4858, 18.5832)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B79 #5C792B

analogous

#2B3579 #482B79 #6F2B79

triadic

#482B79 #79482B #2B7948

tetradic

#482B79 #792B35 #5C792B #2B796F

square

#482B79 #792B35 #5C792B #2B796F

split-complementary

#482B79 #796F2B #35792B

monochromatic

#120B1F #2D1B4C #482B79 #633BA6 #825AC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#482B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#482B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B79

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B79	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#033B77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.127 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f66a0',
    500: '#482b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b79;
$custom-light: #7f66a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.308,
    "s": 47.561,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36895,
    "c": 0.12719,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B79

secondary

#8BAA56

accent

#D751A5

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B79

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

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