#481B9E#481B9E

#481B9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.190 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B9E
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 158)
HSL	hsl(261, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 82.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.65, 50.32, -62.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.65, 79.99, 308.98°)
OKLab	oklab(38.22% 0.0637 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(38.22% 0.19 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.2342, 4.6298, 32.7482)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B9E #719E1B

analogous

#1B2F9E #481B9E #8A1B9E

triadic

#481B9E #9E481B #1B9E48

tetradic

#481B9E #9E1B2F #719E1B #1B9E8A

square

#481B9E #9E1B2F #719E1B #1B9E8A

split-complementary

#481B9E #9E8A1B #2F9E1B

monochromatic

#180935 #30126A #481B9E #6024D2 #8352E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#481B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#481B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B9E

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B9E	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.190 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fbc',
    500: '#481b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b9e;
$custom-light: #855fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.611,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3822,
    "c": 0.18988,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B9E

secondary

#9CC451

accent

#EE3AB0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B9E

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

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