#482B89#482B89

#482B89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.148 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B89
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 137)
HSL	hsl(259, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 68.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.48, 36.48, -47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.48, 60.19, 307.30°)
OKLab	oklab(38.21% 0.0556 -0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(38.21% 0.148 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0505, 4.9113, 24.1859)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B89 #6C892B

analogous

#2B3D89 #482B89 #772B89

triadic

#482B89 #89482B #2B8948

tetradic

#482B89 #892B3D #6C892B #2B8977

square

#482B89 #892B3D #6C892B #2B8977

split-complementary

#482B89 #89772B #3D892B

monochromatic

#170E2C #301C5A #482B89 #603AB8 #8261CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#482B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#482B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B89

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B89	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.148 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166ac',
    500: '#482b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b89;
$custom-light: #8166ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.511,
    "s": 52.222,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38207,
    "c": 0.14792,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B89

secondary

#99B35C

accent

#DC4CAF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B89

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

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