#481BA1#481BA1

#481BA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.193 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481BA1
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 161)
HSL	hsl(260, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 83.2%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.96, 51.13, -63.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.96, 81.52, 308.84°)
OKLab	oklab(38.53% 0.0626 -0.1827)
OKLCH	oklch(38.53% 0.193 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4956, 4.7343, 34.1248)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481BA1 #74A11B

analogous

#1B31A1 #481BA1 #8B1BA1

triadic

#481BA1 #A1481B #1BA148

tetradic

#481BA1 #A11B31 #74A11B #1BA18B

square

#481BA1 #A11B31 #74A11B #1BA18B

split-complementary

#481BA1 #A18B1B #31A11B

monochromatic

#190938 #31126D #481BA1 #5F24D5 #8454E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#481BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#481BA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481BA1

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481BA1	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#234460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.193 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fbe',
    500: '#481ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481ba1;
$custom-light: #865fbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.149,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38527,
    "c": 0.19315,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481BA1

secondary

#9FC552

accent

#EE3AB1

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #481BA1

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

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