#481B8D#481B8D

#481B8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.171 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B8D
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 141)
HSL	hsl(264, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 80.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.95, 45.74, -54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.95, 71.16, 310.00°)
OKLab	oklab(36.53% 0.0696 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(36.53% 0.171 294)
XYZ	xyz(7.8708, 4.0844, 25.5678)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B8D #608D1B

analogous

#1B278D #481B8D #811B8D

triadic

#481B8D #8D481B #1B8D48

tetradic

#481B8D #8D1B27 #608D1B #1B8D81

square

#481B8D #8D1B27 #608D1B #1B8D81

split-complementary

#481B8D #8D811B #278D1B

monochromatic

#140726 #2E115A #481B8D #6225C0 #8247DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#481B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#481B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B8D

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B8D	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	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: #481b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.171 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835eaf',
    500: '#481b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b8d;
$custom-light: #835eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.684,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36526,
    "c": 0.17119,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.04085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B8D

secondary

#8EBD46

accent

#EB3DA6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B8D

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

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