#482E8B#482E8B

#482E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.146 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#482E8B
RGB	rgb(72, 46, 139)
HSL	hsl(257, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(257, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 66.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.28, 35.33, -47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.28, 59.45, 306.46°)
OKLab	oklab(38.84% 0.0521 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(38.84% 0.146 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.3084, 5.1955, 24.9862)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#482E8B #718B2E

analogous

#2E438B #482E8B #772E8B

triadic

#482E8B #8B482E #2E8B48

tetradic

#482E8B #8B2E43 #718B2E #2E8B77

square

#482E8B #8B2E43 #718B2E #2E8B77

split-complementary

#482E8B #8B772E #438B2E

monochromatic

#18102F #301F5D #482E8B #603DB9 #8367CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#482E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#482E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #482E8B

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##482E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##482E8B	1.00	10.30	2.04	10.30
#FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.30	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: #482e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 46, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.146 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8168ae',
    500: '#482e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #482e8b;
$custom-light: #8168ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#482e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.774,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38837,
    "c": 0.14645,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#482E8B

secondary

#9CB361

accent

#DA4EB3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #482E8B

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

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