#482D8B#482D8B

#482D8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.148 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482D8B
RGB	rgb(72, 45, 139)
HSL	hsl(257, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(257, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 67.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.07, 35.92, -48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.07, 60.08, 306.71°)
OKLab	oklab(38.68% 0.0532 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(38.68% 0.148 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2698, 5.1183, 24.9733)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482D8B #708B2D

analogous

#2D418B #482D8B #772D8B

triadic

#482D8B #8B482D #2D8B48

tetradic

#482D8B #8B2D41 #708B2D #2D8B77

square

#482D8B #8B2D41 #708B2D #2D8B77

split-complementary

#482D8B #8B772D #418B2D

monochromatic

#180F2F #301E5D #482D8B #603CB9 #8365CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#482D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#482D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482D8B

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482D8B	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 45, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.148 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8168ae',
    500: '#482d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482d8b;
$custom-light: #8168ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.234,
    "s": 51.087,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38682,
    "c": 0.1478,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482D8B

secondary

#9CB460

accent

#DB4DB2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #482D8B

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

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