#481E8B#481E8B

#481E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.166 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E8B
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 139)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(263, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 78.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.23, 43.85, -52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.23, 68.64, 309.71°)
OKLab	oklab(36.66% 0.0678 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(36.66% 0.166 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7957, 4.1701, 24.8153)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E8B #618B1E

analogous

#1E2B8B #481E8B #7E1E8B

triadic

#481E8B #8B481E #1E8B48

tetradic

#481E8B #8B1E2B #618B1E #1E8B7E

square

#481E8B #8B1E2B #618B1E #1E8B7E

split-complementary

#481E8B #8B7E1E #2B8B1E

monochromatic

#140826 #2E1359 #481E8B #6229BD #824BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#481E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#481E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E8B

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E8B	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.166 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825fae',
    500: '#481e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e8b;
$custom-light: #825fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.119,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36661,
    "c": 0.16592,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E8B

secondary

#8FBB4A

accent

#E740A7

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E8B

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

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