#482E79#482E79

#482E79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.123 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482E79
RGB	rgb(72, 46, 121)
HSL	hsl(261, 45%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 62%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.90, 29.98, -38.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.90, 49.01, 307.71°)
OKLab	oklab(37.39% 0.0535 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(37.39% 0.123 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0998, 4.7120, 18.6209)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.56

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482E79 #5F792E

analogous

#2E3979 #482E79 #6D2E79

triadic

#482E79 #79482E #2E7948

tetradic

#482E79 #792E39 #5F792E #2E796D

square

#482E79 #792E39 #5F792E #2E796D

split-complementary

#482E79 #796D2E #39792E

monochromatic

#130C20 #2E1D4D #482E79 #623FA5 #825FC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#482E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#482E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482E79

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482E79	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C3C77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 46, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.123 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f68a0',
    500: '#482e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482e79;
$custom-light: #7f68a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.8,
    "s": 44.91,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37392,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482E79

secondary

#8EA95A

accent

#D553A8

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #482E79

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

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