#482B8E#482B8E

#482B8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.154 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482B8E
RGB	rgb(72, 43, 142)
HSL	hsl(258, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(258, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 69.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.90, 37.96, -50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.90, 63.02, 307.04°)
OKLab	oklab(38.64% 0.0549 -0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(38.64% 0.154 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4175, 5.0581, 26.1187)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482B8E #718E2B

analogous

#2B408E #482B8E #7A2B8E

triadic

#482B8E #8E482B #2B8E48

tetradic

#482B8E #8E2B40 #718E2B #2B8E7A

square

#482B8E #8E2B40 #718E2B #2B8E7A

split-complementary

#482B8E #8E7A2B #408E2B

monochromatic

#180F30 #301D5F #482B8E #6039BD #8363D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#482B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#482B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482B8E

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482B8E	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 43, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.154 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8267b0',
    500: '#482b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482b8e;
$custom-light: #8267b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.576,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38638,
    "c": 0.15426,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482B8E

secondary

#9CB65F

accent

#DD4BB2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #482B8E

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

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