#481A8B#481A8B

#481A8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.170 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A8B
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 139)
HSL	hsl(264, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 81.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.61, 45.64, -53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.61, 70.57, 310.29°)
OKLab	oklab(36.23% 0.071 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(36.23% 0.17 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7008, 3.9804, 24.7836)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A8B #5D8B1A

analogous

#1A248B #481A8B #811A8B

triadic

#481A8B #8B481A #1A8B48

tetradic

#481A8B #8B1A24 #5D8B1A #1A8B81

square

#481A8B #8B1A24 #5D8B1A #1A8B81

split-complementary

#481A8B #8B811A #248B1A

monochromatic

#130724 #2D1057 #481A8B #6324BF #8243DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#481A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#481A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A8B

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A8B	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.170 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835dae',
    500: '#481a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a8b;
$custom-light: #835dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.425,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36229,
    "c": 0.16993,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A8B

secondary

#8CBD44

accent

#EB3CA4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A8B

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

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