#481D8E#481D8E

#481D8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.170 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D8E
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 79.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.35, 45.13, -54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.35, 70.74, 309.64°)
OKLab	oklab(36.84% 0.0677 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(36.84% 0.17 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9930, 4.2092, 25.9773)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481D8E #638E1D

analogous

#1D2A8E #481D8E #801D8E

triadic

#481D8E #8E481D #1D8E48

tetradic

#481D8E #8E1D2A #638E1D #1D8E80

square

#481D8E #8E1D2A #638E1D #1D8E80

split-complementary

#481D8E #8E801D #2A8E1D

monochromatic

#140828 #2E135B #481D8E #6227C1 #824BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#481D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#481D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D8E

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D8E	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.170 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835fb0',
    500: '#481d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d8e;
$custom-light: #835fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.832,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36836,
    "c": 0.17034,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D8E

secondary

#91BD4A

accent

#E93FA8

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D8E

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

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