#481B8E#481B8E

#481B8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.172 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B8E
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(263, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 81%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.05, 46.01, -54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.05, 71.69, 309.93°)
OKLab	oklab(36.62% 0.0692 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(36.62% 0.172 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9456, 4.1143, 25.9614)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B8E #618E1B

analogous

#1B288E #481B8E #811B8E

triadic

#481B8E #8E481B #1B8E48

tetradic

#481B8E #8E1B28 #618E1B #1B8E81

square

#481B8E #8E1B28 #618E1B #1B8E81

split-complementary

#481B8E #8E811B #288E1B

monochromatic

#140727 #2E115B #481B8E #6225C1 #8247DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#481B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#481B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B8E

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B8E	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.172 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835eb0',
    500: '#481b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b8e;
$custom-light: #835eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.478,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36623,
    "c": 0.1723,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B8E

secondary

#8FBE47

accent

#EB3DA7

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B8E

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

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