#481B90#481B90

#481B90 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.174 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B90
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 144)
HSL	hsl(263, 68%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 81.3%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.24, 46.55, -55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.24, 72.74, 309.79°)
OKLab	oklab(36.82% 0.0686 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(36.82% 0.175 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0971, 4.1749, 26.7594)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.81

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B90 #63901B

analogous

#1B2890 #481B90 #821B90

triadic

#481B90 #90481B #1B9048

tetradic

#481B90 #901B28 #63901B #1B9082

square

#481B90 #901B28 #63901B #1B9082

split-complementary

#481B90 #90821B #28901B

monochromatic

#140829 #2E115C #481B90 #6225C4 #8249DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#481B90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#481B90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B90

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B90	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#313D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.174 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835eb2',
    500: '#481b90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b90;
$custom-light: #835eb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36818,
    "c": 0.1745,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B90

secondary

#91BF48

accent

#EB3DA8

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B90

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

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