#481E89#481E89

#481E89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.164 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E89
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 137)
HSL	hsl(264, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 78.1%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.04, 43.31, -51.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.04, 67.57, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(36.47% 0.0683 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(36.47% 0.164 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6509, 4.1122, 24.0527)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E89 #5F891E

analogous

#1E2A89 #481E89 #7D1E89

triadic

#481E89 #89481E #1E8948

tetradic

#481E89 #891E2A #5F891E #1E897D

square

#481E89 #891E2A #5F891E #1E897D

split-complementary

#481E89 #897D1E #2A891E

monochromatic

#130825 #2E1357 #481E89 #6229BB #824AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#481E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#481E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E89

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E89	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.164 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825fac',
    500: '#481e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e89;
$custom-light: #825fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.551,
    "s": 64.072,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36473,
    "c": 0.16364,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E89

secondary

#8EBA49

accent

#E741A6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E89

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

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