#481E8A#481E8A

#481E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.165 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E8A
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 138)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(263, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 78.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.13, 43.58, -52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.13, 68.11, 309.78°)
OKLab	oklab(36.57% 0.068 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(36.57% 0.165 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7230, 4.1410, 24.4322)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E8A #608A1E

analogous

#1E2A8A #481E8A #7E1E8A

triadic

#481E8A #8A481E #1E8A48

tetradic

#481E8A #8A1E2A #608A1E #1E8A7E

square

#481E8A #8A1E2A #608A1E #1E8A7E

split-complementary

#481E8A #8A7E1E #2A8A1E

monochromatic

#140825 #2E1358 #481E8A #6229BC #824BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#481E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#481E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E8A

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E8A	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.165 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825fad',
    500: '#481e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e8a;
$custom-light: #825fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36567,
    "c": 0.16478,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E8A

secondary

#8EBA4A

accent

#E741A6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E8A

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

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