#482C8A#482C8A

#482C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.148 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482C8A
RGB	rgb(72, 44, 138)
HSL	hsl(258, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(258, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 68.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.77, 36.20, -48.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.77, 60.14, 307.00°)
OKLab	oklab(38.44% 0.0544 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(38.44% 0.148 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1593, 5.0138, 24.5777)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482C8A #6E8A2C

analogous

#2C3F8A #482C8A #772C8A

triadic

#482C8A #8A482C #2C8A48

tetradic

#482C8A #8A2C3F #6E8A2C #2C8A77

square

#482C8A #8A2C3F #6E8A2C #2C8A77

split-complementary

#482C8A #8A772C #3F8A2C

monochromatic

#180E2D #301D5C #482C8A #603BB8 #8363CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#482C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#482C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482C8A

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482C8A	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 44, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.148 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8167ad',
    500: '#482c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482c8a;
$custom-light: #8167ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.872,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38443,
    "c": 0.14786,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482C8A

secondary

#9AB45E

accent

#DB4DB1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #482C8A

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

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