#481C96#481C96

#481C96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.180 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481C96
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 150)
HSL	hsl(262, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 81.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.98, 47.74, -58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.98, 75.42, 309.27°)
OKLab	oklab(37.51% 0.0658 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(37.51% 0.18 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5912, 4.4099, 29.2468)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481C96 #6A961C

analogous

#1C2D96 #481C96 #851C96

triadic

#481C96 #96481C #1C9648

tetradic

#481C96 #961C2D #6A961C #1C9685

square

#481C96 #961C2D #6A961C #1C9685

split-complementary

#481C96 #96851C #2D961C

monochromatic

#16092F #2F1262 #481C96 #6126CA #824EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#481C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#481C96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481C96

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481C96	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.180 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845fb6',
    500: '#481c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481c96;
$custom-light: #845fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.639,
    "s": 68.539,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37512,
    "c": 0.18022,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481C96

secondary

#97C14D

accent

#EB3CAC

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #481C96

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

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