#482C70#482C70

#482C70 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.114 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482C70
RGB	rgb(72, 44, 112)
HSL	hsl(265, 44%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 61%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 60.7%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.79, 28.61, -34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.79, 45.06, 309.41°)
OKLab	oklab(36.38% 0.0564 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(36.38% 0.114 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.4971, 4.3489, 15.8232)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 6.76

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482C70 #54702C

analogous

#2C3270 #482C70 #6A2C70

triadic

#482C70 #70482C #2C7048

tetradic

#482C70 #702C32 #54702C #2C706A

square

#482C70 #702C32 #54702C #2C706A

split-complementary

#482C70 #706A2C #32702C

monochromatic

#100918 #2C1B44 #482C70 #643D9C #8259BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#482C70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#482C70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482C70

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482C70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482C70	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A3B72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173A6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482c70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 44, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.114 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6699',
    500: '#482c70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482c70;
$custom-light: #7e6699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482c70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36378,
    "c": 0.11363,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482C70

secondary

#83A256

accent

#D3549F

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #482C70

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

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