#481E88#481E88

#481E88 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.163 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E88
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 136)
HSL	hsl(264, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 77.9%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.95, 43.03, -51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.95, 67.03, 309.94°)
OKLab	oklab(36.38% 0.0686 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(36.38% 0.163 295)
XYZ	xyz(7.5795, 4.0836, 23.6767)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E88 #5E881E

analogous

#1E2988 #481E88 #7D1E88

triadic

#481E88 #88481E #1E8848

tetradic

#481E88 #881E29 #5E881E #1E887D

square

#481E88 #881E29 #5E881E #1E887D

split-complementary

#481E88 #887D1E #29881E

monochromatic

#130824 #2D1356 #481E88 #6329BA #8249D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#481E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#481E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E88

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E88	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003786

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.163 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825fac',
    500: '#481e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e88;
$custom-light: #825fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.774,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36379,
    "c": 0.1625,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.04084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E88

secondary

#8DB949

accent

#E741A5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E88

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

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