#481CA8#481CA8

#481CA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.200 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481CA8
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 168)
HSL	hsl(259, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 83.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.83, 52.62, -66.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.83, 84.65, 308.43°)
OKLab	oklab(39.34% 0.0595 -0.1909)
OKLCH	oklch(39.34% 0.2 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.1535, 5.0348, 37.4750)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481CA8 #7CA81C

analogous

#1C36A8 #481CA8 #8E1CA8

triadic

#481CA8 #A8481C #1CA848

tetradic

#481CA8 #A81C36 #7CA81C #1CA88E

square

#481CA8 #A81C36 #7CA81C #1CA88E

split-complementary

#481CA8 #A88E1C #36A81C

monochromatic

#1B0B3F #321374 #481CA8 #5F26DB #865BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.46

#481CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#481CA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481CA8

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481CA8	1.00	10.46	2.01	10.46
#FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A4764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.200 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8760c3',
    500: '#481ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481ca8;
$custom-light: #8760c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.857,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39344,
    "c": 0.19998,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481CA8

secondary

#A5C758

accent

#EE3AB5

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0EAF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0513

muted

#7D7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #481CA8

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

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