#482B7E#482B7E

#482B7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.134 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B7E
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 126)
HSL	hsl(261, 49%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(261, 66%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 65.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.60, 33.24, -42.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.60, 53.90, 308.08°)
OKLab	oklab(37.29% 0.057 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(37.29% 0.134 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3013, 4.6117, 20.2401)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.84

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B7E #617E2B

analogous

#2B377E #482B7E #712B7E

triadic

#482B7E #7E482B #2B7E48

tetradic

#482B7E #7E2B37 #617E2B #2B7E71

square

#482B7E #7E2B37 #617E2B #2B7E71

split-complementary

#482B7E #7E712B #377E2B

monochromatic

#140C23 #2E1B50 #482B7E #623BAC #825CC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#482B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#482B7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B7E

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B7E	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.134 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8066a4',
    500: '#482b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b7e;
$custom-light: #8066a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.964,
    "s": 49.112,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37293,
    "c": 0.13374,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B7E

secondary

#8FAD58

accent

#D94FA9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B7E

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

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