#481D97#481D97

#481D97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.180 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D97
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 151)
HSL	hsl(261, 68%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 80.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.23, 47.58, -58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.23, 75.48, 309.08°)
OKLab	oklab(37.71% 0.0648 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(37.71% 0.18 291)
XYZ	xyz(8.6962, 4.4905, 29.6807)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481D97 #6C971D

analogous

#1D2F97 #481D97 #851D97

triadic

#481D97 #97481D #1D9748

tetradic

#481D97 #971D2F #6C971D #1D9785

square

#481D97 #971D2F #6C971D #1D9785

split-complementary

#481D97 #97851D #2F971D

monochromatic

#170930 #301364 #481D97 #6027CA #8251DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#481D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#481D97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D97

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D97	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.180 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845fb7',
    500: '#481d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d97;
$custom-light: #845fb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.148,
    "s": 67.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37715,
    "c": 0.18041,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.04491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D97

secondary

#99C04F

accent

#EB3DAD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D97

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

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