#482B8A#482B8A

#482B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.149 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B8A
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 138)
HSL	hsl(258, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 68.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.56, 36.77, -48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.56, 60.76, 307.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.29% 0.0555 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(38.29% 0.149 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1225, 4.9402, 24.5654)
Luminance	0.0494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B8A #6D8A2B

analogous

#2B3D8A #482B8A #772B8A

triadic

#482B8A #8A482B #2B8A48

tetradic

#482B8A #8A2B3D #6D8A2B #2B8A77

square

#482B8A #8A2B3D #6D8A2B #2B8A77

split-complementary

#482B8A #8A772B #3D8A2B

monochromatic

#170E2D #301C5B #482B8A #603AB9 #8361CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#482B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#482B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B8A

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B8A	1.00	10.56	1.99	10.56
#FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.149 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166ad',
    500: '#482b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b8a;
$custom-light: #8166ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.316,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38292,
    "c": 0.14919,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B8A

secondary

#99B45D

accent

#DC4CB0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B8A

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

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