#482D8D#482D8D

#482D8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.150 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482D8D
RGB	rgb(72, 45, 141)
HSL	hsl(257, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(257, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 68.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.23, 36.51, -49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.23, 61.22, 306.61°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% 0.0529 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.15 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4172, 5.1773, 25.7499)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482D8D #728D2D

analogous

#2D428D #482D8D #782D8D

triadic

#482D8D #8D482D #2D8D48

tetradic

#482D8D #8D2D42 #728D2D #2D8D78

square

#482D8D #8D2D42 #728D2D #2D8D78

split-complementary

#482D8D #8D782D #428D2D

monochromatic

#190F30 #301E5F #482D8D #603CBB #8366CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#482D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#482D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482D8D

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482D8D	1.00	10.32	2.04	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 45, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.150 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8168af',
    500: '#482d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482d8d;
$custom-light: #8168af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.875,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38852,
    "c": 0.15038,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482D8D

secondary

#9DB561

accent

#DB4DB3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #482D8D

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

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