#481C8D#481C8D

#481C8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.170 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481C8D
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 141)
HSL	hsl(263, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(263, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 80.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.10, 45.31, -54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.10, 70.69, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(36.63% 0.0688 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(36.63% 0.17 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8941, 4.1311, 25.5756)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481C8D #618D1C

analogous

#1C288D #481C8D #801C8D

triadic

#481C8D #8D481C #1C8D48

tetradic

#481C8D #8D1C28 #618D1C #1C8D80

square

#481C8D #8D1C28 #618D1C #1C8D80

split-complementary

#481C8D #8D801C #288D1C

monochromatic

#140827 #2E125A #481C8D #6226C0 #8249DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#481C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#481C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481C8D

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481C8D	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.170 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835eaf',
    500: '#481c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481c8d;
$custom-light: #835eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.363,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36631,
    "c": 0.17021,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481C8D

secondary

#8FBD48

accent

#EA3EA7

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #481C8D

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

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