#482B85#482B85

#482B85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.143 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B85
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 133)
HSL	hsl(259, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 67.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.15, 35.30, -45.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.15, 57.92, 307.55°)
OKLab	oklab(37.87% 0.0562 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(37.87% 0.143 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7688, 4.7987, 22.7027)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B85 #68852B

analogous

#2B3B85 #482B85 #752B85

triadic

#482B85 #85482B #2B8548

tetradic

#482B85 #852B3B #68852B #2B8575

square

#482B85 #852B3B #68852B #2B8575

split-complementary

#482B85 #85752B #3B852B

monochromatic

#160D29 #2F1C57 #482B85 #613AB3 #825FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#482B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#482B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B85

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B85	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.143 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8066a9',
    500: '#482b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b85;
$custom-light: #8066a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.333,
    "s": 51.136,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37868,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B85

secondary

#95B15B

accent

#DB4DAD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B85

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

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