#481C9F#481C9F

#481C9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.190 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481C9F
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 159)
HSL	hsl(260, 70%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 82.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.89, 50.18, -62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.89, 80.07, 308.81°)
OKLab	oklab(38.42% 0.0627 -0.1795)
OKLCH	oklch(38.42% 0.19 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3439, 4.7110, 33.2111)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481C9F #739F1C

analogous

#1C329F #481C9F #8A1C9F

triadic

#481C9F #9F481C #1C9F48

tetradic

#481C9F #9F1C32 #739F1C #1C9F8A

square

#481C9F #9F1C32 #739F1C #1C9F8A

split-complementary

#481C9F #9F8A1C #329F1C

monochromatic

#190A37 #30136B #481C9F #6025D3 #8454E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#481C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#481C9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481C9F

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481C9F	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.190 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fbd',
    500: '#481c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481c9f;
$custom-light: #855fbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.153,
    "s": 70.053,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38418,
    "c": 0.19015,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481C9F

secondary

#9EC453

accent

#ED3BB1

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #481C9F

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

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