#482D8E#482D8E

#482D8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.152 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482D8E
RGB	rgb(72, 45, 142)
HSL	hsl(257, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(257, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 68.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.32, 36.81, -49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.32, 61.79, 306.57°)
OKLab	oklab(38.94% 0.0528 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(38.94% 0.152 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.4920, 5.2072, 26.1436)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482D8E #738E2D

analogous

#2D438E #482D8E #792D8E

triadic

#482D8E #8E482D #2D8E48

tetradic

#482D8E #8E2D43 #738E2D #2D8E79

square

#482D8E #8E2D43 #738E2D #2D8E79

split-complementary

#482D8E #8E792D #438E2D

monochromatic

#191031 #301E60 #482D8E #603CBC #8467CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#482D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#482D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482D8E

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482D8E	1.00	10.29	2.04	10.29
#FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 45, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.152 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8268b0',
    500: '#482d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482d8e;
$custom-light: #8268b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.701,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38938,
    "c": 0.15166,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482D8E

secondary

#9EB561

accent

#DB4CB4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #482D8E

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

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