#482B8B#482B8B

#482B8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.150 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B8B
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 139)
HSL	hsl(258, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 69.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.65, 37.07, -48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.65, 61.33, 307.19°)
OKLab	oklab(38.38% 0.0553 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(38.38% 0.15 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1953, 4.9693, 24.9485)
Luminance	0.0497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B8B #6E8B2B

analogous

#2B3E8B #482B8B #782B8B

triadic

#482B8B #8B482B #2B8B48

tetradic

#482B8B #8B2B3E #6E8B2B #2B8B78

square

#482B8B #8B2B3E #6E8B2B #2B8B78

split-complementary

#482B8B #8B782B #3E8B2B

monochromatic

#180E2E #301D5C #482B8B #6039BA #8362CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#482B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#482B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B8B

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B8B	1.00	10.53	1.99	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.150 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166ae',
    500: '#482b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b8b;
$custom-light: #8166ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.125,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38378,
    "c": 0.15046,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B8B

secondary

#9AB55D

accent

#DC4CB1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B8B

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

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