#482D8A#482D8A

#482D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.147 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482D8A
RGB	rgb(72, 45, 138)
HSL	hsl(257, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(257, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 67.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.99, 35.62, -47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.99, 59.51, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(38.6% 0.0533 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(38.6% 0.147 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1970, 5.0892, 24.5902)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482D8A #6F8A2D

analogous

#2D408A #482D8A #762D8A

triadic

#482D8A #8A482D #2D8A48

tetradic

#482D8A #8A2D40 #6F8A2D #2D8A76

square

#482D8A #8A2D40 #6F8A2D #2D8A76

split-complementary

#482D8A #8A762D #408A2D

monochromatic

#180F2E #301E5C #482D8A #603CB8 #8365CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#482D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#482D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482D8A

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482D8A	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 45, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.147 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8168ad',
    500: '#482d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482d8a;
$custom-light: #8168ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.419,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38597,
    "c": 0.14652,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482D8A

secondary

#9BB360

accent

#DA4DB1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #482D8A

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

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