#482B87#482B87

#482B87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.145 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B87
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 135)
HSL	hsl(259, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 68%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 68.1%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.32, 35.88, -46.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.32, 59.06, 307.42°)
OKLab	oklab(38.04% 0.0559 -0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(38.04% 0.145 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9083, 4.8545, 23.4373)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B87 #6A872B

analogous

#2B3C87 #482B87 #762B87

triadic

#482B87 #87482B #2B8748

tetradic

#482B87 #872B3C #6A872B #2B8776

square

#482B87 #872B3C #6A872B #2B8776

split-complementary

#482B87 #87762B #3C872B

monochromatic

#160D2A #2F1C59 #482B87 #613AB5 #8260CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#482B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#482B87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B87

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B87	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.145 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166ab',
    500: '#482b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b87;
$custom-light: #8166ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.913,
    "s": 51.685,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38037,
    "c": 0.14537,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B87

secondary

#97B25B

accent

#DB4DAE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B87

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

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