#481B96#481B96

#481B96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.181 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B96
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 150)
HSL	hsl(262, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 82%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.84, 48.17, -58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.84, 75.87, 309.41°)
OKLab	oklab(37.41% 0.0665 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(37.41% 0.181 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5679, 4.3632, 29.2390)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B96 #69961B

analogous

#1B2C96 #481B96 #861B96

triadic

#481B96 #96481B #1B9648

tetradic

#481B96 #961B2C #69961B #1B9686

square

#481B96 #961B2C #69961B #1B9686

split-complementary

#481B96 #96861B #2C961B

monochromatic

#16082E #2F1262 #481B96 #6124CA #824DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#481B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#481B96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B96

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B96	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003894

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D3F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.181 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845eb6',
    500: '#481b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b96;
$custom-light: #845eb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.951,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37412,
    "c": 0.18112,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B96

secondary

#96C14C

accent

#EC3BAC

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B96

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

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