#482B80#482B80

#482B80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.136 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B80
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 128)
HSL	hsl(260, 50%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(260, 66%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 66.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.75, 33.83, -43.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.75, 55.05, 307.92°)
OKLab	oklab(37.46% 0.0568 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(37.46% 0.136 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4316, 4.6638, 20.9265)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.93

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B80 #63802B

analogous

#2B3880 #482B80 #722B80

triadic

#482B80 #80482B #2B8048

tetradic

#482B80 #802B38 #63802B #2B8072

square

#482B80 #802B38 #63802B #2B8072

split-complementary

#482B80 #80722B #38802B

monochromatic

#140C24 #2E1C52 #482B80 #623AAE #825DC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#482B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#482B80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B80

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B80	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.136 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8066a5',
    500: '#482b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b80;
$custom-light: #8066a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.471,
    "s": 49.708,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37455,
    "c": 0.13635,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B80

secondary

#91AE58

accent

#D94FAA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B80

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

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