#482E8A#482E8A

#482E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.145 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482E8A
RGB	rgb(72, 46, 138)
HSL	hsl(257, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(257, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 66.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.20, 35.03, -47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.20, 58.88, 306.51°)
OKLab	oklab(38.75% 0.0522 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(38.75% 0.145 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2356, 5.1664, 24.6031)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482E8A #708A2E

analogous

#2E428A #482E8A #762E8A

triadic

#482E8A #8A482E #2E8A48

tetradic

#482E8A #8A2E42 #708A2E #2E8A76

square

#482E8A #8A2E42 #708A2E #2E8A76

split-complementary

#482E8A #8A762E #428A2E

monochromatic

#180F2E #301F5C #482E8A #603DB8 #8366CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#482E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#482E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482E8A

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482E8A	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #482e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 46, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.145 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8168ad',
    500: '#482e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482e8a;
$custom-light: #8168ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.957,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38753,
    "c": 0.14516,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482E8A

secondary

#9CB361

accent

#DA4EB2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #482E8A

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

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