#482C71#482C71

#482C71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.115 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482C71
RGB	rgb(72, 44, 113)
HSL	hsl(264, 44%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(264, 61%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 61.1%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.86, 28.89, -35.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.86, 45.65, 309.26°)
OKLab	oklab(36.45% 0.0564 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(36.45% 0.115 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.5531, 4.3713, 16.1181)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 6.61

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482C71 #55712C

analogous

#2C3271 #482C71 #6A2C71

triadic

#482C71 #71482C #2C7148

tetradic

#482C71 #712C32 #55712C #2C716A

square

#482C71 #712C32 #55712C #2C716A

split-complementary

#482C71 #716A2C #32712C

monochromatic

#100A19 #2C1B45 #482C71 #643D9D #8259BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#482C71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#482C71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482C71

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482C71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482C71	1.00	11.20	1.87	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#083B73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163A6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482c71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 44, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.115 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e669a',
    500: '#482c71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482c71;
$custom-light: #7e669a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482c71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.348,
    "s": 43.949,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36451,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482C71

secondary

#84A356

accent

#D454A0

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #482C71

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

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