#481A8D#481A8D

#481A8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.172 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A8D
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 141)
HSL	hsl(264, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 81.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.80, 46.17, -54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.80, 71.62, 310.14°)
OKLab	oklab(36.42% 0.0703 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(36.42% 0.172 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.8483, 4.0394, 25.5603)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A8D #5F8D1A

analogous

#1A268D #481A8D #811A8D

triadic

#481A8D #8D481A #1A8D48

tetradic

#481A8D #8D1A26 #5F8D1A #1A8D81

square

#481A8D #8D1A26 #5F8D1A #1A8D81

split-complementary

#481A8D #8D811A #268D1A

monochromatic

#130726 #2E1059 #481A8D #6224C1 #8245DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#481A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#481A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A8D

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A8D	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.172 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835daf',
    500: '#481a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a8d;
$custom-light: #835daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36424,
    "c": 0.17213,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A8D

secondary

#8EBE45

accent

#EC3CA5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A8D

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

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