#481B8C#481B8C

#481B8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.170 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B8C
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 140)
HSL	hsl(264, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 80.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.85, 45.48, -54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.85, 70.63, 310.08°)
OKLab	oklab(36.43% 0.0699 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(36.43% 0.17 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7967, 4.0548, 25.1777)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B8C #5F8C1B

analogous

#1B268C #481B8C #811B8C

triadic

#481B8C #8C481B #1B8C48

tetradic

#481B8C #8C1B26 #5F8C1B #1B8C81

square

#481B8C #8C1B26 #5F8C1B #1B8C81

split-complementary

#481B8C #8C811B #268C1B

monochromatic

#130725 #2E1159 #481B8C #6225BF #8246DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#481B8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#481B8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B8C

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B8C	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.170 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835daf',
    500: '#481b8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b8c;
$custom-light: #835daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.894,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36429,
    "c": 0.17007,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B8C

secondary

#8EBD46

accent

#EB3DA6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B8C

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

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