#481A8E#481A8E

#481A8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.173 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A8E
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 142)
HSL	hsl(264, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 81.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.90, 46.44, -55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.90, 72.15, 310.07°)
OKLab	oklab(36.52% 0.07 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(36.52% 0.173 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9230, 4.0692, 25.9539)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A8E #608E1A

analogous

#1A268E #481A8E #821A8E

triadic

#481A8E #8E481A #1A8E48

tetradic

#481A8E #8E1A26 #608E1A #1A8E82

square

#481A8E #8E1A26 #608E1A #1A8E82

split-complementary

#481A8E #8E821A #268E1A

monochromatic

#140727 #2E115A #481A8E #6223C2 #8245DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#481A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#481A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A8E

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A8E	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.173 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835db0',
    500: '#481a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a8e;
$custom-light: #835db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.793,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36521,
    "c": 0.17323,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A8E

secondary

#8EBE45

accent

#EC3CA6

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A8E

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

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