#481C8F#481C8F

#481C8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.172 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481C8F
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 143)
HSL	hsl(263, 67%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 80.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.29, 45.85, -55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.29, 71.75, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(36.83% 0.0681 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(36.83% 0.172 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0443, 4.1911, 26.3664)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481C8F #638F1C

analogous

#1C298F #481C8F #811C8F

triadic

#481C8F #8F481C #1C8F48

tetradic

#481C8F #8F1C29 #638F1C #1C8F81

square

#481C8F #8F1C29 #638F1C #1C8F81

split-complementary

#481C8F #8F811C #298F1C

monochromatic

#140829 #2E125C #481C8F #6226C2 #824ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#481C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#481C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481C8F

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481C8F	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.172 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835eb1',
    500: '#481c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481c8f;
$custom-light: #835eb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.957,
    "s": 67.251,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36825,
    "c": 0.17244,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481C8F

secondary

#91BE49

accent

#EA3EA8

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #481C8F

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

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