#481B8F#481B8F

#481B8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.173 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B8F
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 143)
HSL	hsl(263, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(263, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 81.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.14, 46.28, -55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.14, 72.22, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(36.72% 0.0689 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(36.72% 0.173 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0210, 4.1445, 26.3586)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B8F #628F1B

analogous

#1B288F #481B8F #821B8F

triadic

#481B8F #8F481B #1B8F48

tetradic

#481B8F #8F1B28 #628F1B #1B8F82

square

#481B8F #8F1B28 #628F1B #1B8F82

split-complementary

#481B8F #8F821B #288F1B

monochromatic

#140828 #2E115C #481B8F #6225C2 #8248DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#481B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#481B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B8F

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B8F	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.173 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835eb1',
    500: '#481b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b8f;
$custom-light: #835eb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.276,
    "s": 68.235,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36721,
    "c": 0.1734,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B8F

secondary

#90BE48

accent

#EB3DA7

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B8F

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

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