#481C8C#481C8C

#481C8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.169 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481C8C
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 140)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 80%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.00, 45.04, -53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.00, 70.16, 309.93°)
OKLab	oklab(36.54% 0.0691 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(36.54% 0.169 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.8201, 4.1014, 25.1855)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481C8C #608C1C

analogous

#1C288C #481C8C #801C8C

triadic

#481C8C #8C481C #1C8C48

tetradic

#481C8C #8C1C28 #608C1C #1C8C80

square

#481C8C #8C1C28 #608C1C #1C8C80

split-complementary

#481C8C #8C801C #288C1C

monochromatic

#140826 #2E1259 #481C8C #6226BF #8248DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#481C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#481C8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481C8C

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481C8C	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.169 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835eaf',
    500: '#481c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481c8c;
$custom-light: #835eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.571,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36535,
    "c": 0.16909,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481C8C

secondary

#8EBC48

accent

#EA3EA6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481C8C

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

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