#482C8E#482C8E

#482C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.153 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482C8E
RGB	rgb(72, 44, 142)
HSL	hsl(257, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(257, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 69%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.11, 37.39, -49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.11, 62.41, 306.81°)
OKLab	oklab(38.79% 0.0538 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(38.79% 0.153 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4543, 5.1318, 26.1310)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482C8E #728E2C

analogous

#2C418E #482C8E #792C8E

triadic

#482C8E #8E482C #2C8E48

tetradic

#482C8E #8E2C41 #728E2C #2C8E79

square

#482C8E #8E2C41 #728E2C #2C8E79

split-complementary

#482C8E #8E792C #418E2C

monochromatic

#190F31 #301E5F #482C8E #603ABD #8365CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#482C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#482C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482C8E

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482C8E	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 44, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.153 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8267b0',
    500: '#482c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482c8e;
$custom-light: #8267b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38787,
    "c": 0.15297,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482C8E

secondary

#9DB660

accent

#DC4CB3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #482C8E

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

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