#481C8E#481C8E

#481C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.171 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481C8E
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(263, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 80.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.20, 45.58, -54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.20, 71.22, 309.79°)
OKLab	oklab(36.73% 0.0685 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(36.73% 0.171 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9689, 4.1610, 25.9692)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481C8E #628E1C

analogous

#1C298E #481C8E #811C8E

triadic

#481C8E #8E481C #1C8E48

tetradic

#481C8E #8E1C29 #628E1C #1C8E81

square

#481C8E #8E1C29 #628E1C #1C8E81

split-complementary

#481C8E #8E811C #298E1C

monochromatic

#140828 #2E125B #481C8E #6226C1 #8249DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#481C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#481C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481C8E

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481C8E	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.171 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835eb0',
    500: '#481c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481c8e;
$custom-light: #835eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.158,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36728,
    "c": 0.17133,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481C8E

secondary

#90BD49

accent

#EA3EA8

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #481C8E

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

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