#481C8B#481C8B

#481C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.168 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481C8B
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 139)
HSL	hsl(264, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 79.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.91, 44.77, -53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.91, 69.63, 310.01°)
OKLab	oklab(36.44% 0.0694 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(36.44% 0.168 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7467, 4.0721, 24.7989)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481C8B #5F8B1C

analogous

#1C278B #481C8B #7F1C8B

triadic

#481C8B #8B481C #1C8B48

tetradic

#481C8B #8B1C27 #5F8B1C #1C8B7F

square

#481C8B #8B1C27 #5F8B1C #1C8B7F

split-complementary

#481C8B #8B7F1C #278B1C

monochromatic

#130725 #2E1258 #481C8B #6226BE #8247DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#481C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#481C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481C8B

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481C8B	1.00	11.57	1.81	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.168 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825eae',
    500: '#481c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481c8b;
$custom-light: #825eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.784,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36439,
    "c": 0.16797,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481C8B

secondary

#8EBC47

accent

#E93EA6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481C8B

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

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