#481B8A#481B8A

#481B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.168 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B8A
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 138)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 80.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 44.94, -53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 69.58, 310.23°)
OKLab	oklab(36.24% 0.0705 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(36.24% 0.168 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6506, 3.9963, 24.4081)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B8A #5D8A1B

analogous

#1B268A #481B8A #7F1B8A

triadic

#481B8A #8A481B #1B8A48

tetradic

#481B8A #8A1B26 #5D8A1B #1B8A7F

square

#481B8A #8A1B26 #5D8A1B #1B8A7F

split-complementary

#481B8A #8A7F1B #268A1B

monochromatic

#130724 #2D1157 #481B8A #6325BD #8245DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#481B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#481B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B8A

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B8A	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.168 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825dad',
    500: '#481b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b8a;
$custom-light: #825dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.324,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36237,
    "c": 0.16786,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B8A

secondary

#8CBC45

accent

#EA3EA4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B8A

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

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