#481A8C#481A8C

#481A8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.171 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A8C
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 140)
HSL	hsl(264, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 81.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.70, 45.91, -54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.70, 71.10, 310.22°)
OKLab	oklab(36.33% 0.0706 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(36.33% 0.171 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7742, 4.0097, 25.1702)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A8C #5E8C1A

analogous

#1A258C #481A8C #811A8C

triadic

#481A8C #8C481A #1A8C48

tetradic

#481A8C #8C1A25 #5E8C1A #1A8C81

square

#481A8C #8C1A25 #5E8C1A #1A8C81

split-complementary

#481A8C #8C811A #258C1A

monochromatic

#130725 #2D1058 #481A8C #6324C0 #8244DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#481A8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#481A8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A8C

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A8C	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.171 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835daf',
    500: '#481a8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a8c;
$custom-light: #835daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.211,
    "s": 68.675,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36326,
    "c": 0.17103,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A8C

secondary

#8DBE44

accent

#EC3CA5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A8C

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

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