#482B8C#482B8C

#482B8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.152 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B8C
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 140)
HSL	hsl(258, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 69.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.73, 37.36, -49.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.73, 61.89, 307.14°)
OKLab	oklab(38.46% 0.0552 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(38.46% 0.152 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.2687, 4.9986, 25.3350)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B8C #6F8C2B

analogous

#2B3E8C #482B8C #782B8C

triadic

#482B8C #8C482B #2B8C48

tetradic

#482B8C #8C2B3E #6F8C2B #2B8C78

square

#482B8C #8C2B3E #6F8C2B #2B8C78

split-complementary

#482B8C #8C782B #3E8C2B

monochromatic

#180E2E #301D5D #482B8C #6039BB #8362CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#482B8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#482B8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B8C

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B8C	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.152 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166ae',
    500: '#482b8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b8c;
$custom-light: #8166ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.938,
    "s": 53.005,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38464,
    "c": 0.15173,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B8C

secondary

#9BB55E

accent

#DC4BB1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B8C

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

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