#481E8C#481E8C

#481E8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.167 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E8C
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 140)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(263, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 78.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.32, 44.13, -53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.32, 69.18, 309.63°)
OKLab	oklab(36.76% 0.0675 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(36.76% 0.167 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8691, 4.1995, 25.2018)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E8C #628C1E

analogous

#1E2B8C #481E8C #7F1E8C

triadic

#481E8C #8C481E #1E8C48

tetradic

#481E8C #8C1E2B #628C1E #1E8C7F

square

#481E8C #8C1E2B #628C1E #1E8C7F

split-complementary

#481E8C #8C7F1E #2B8C1E

monochromatic

#140827 #2E135A #481E8C #6229BE #824CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#481E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#481E8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E8C

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E8C	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.167 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825faf',
    500: '#481e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e8c;
$custom-light: #825faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.909,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36756,
    "c": 0.16707,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E8C

secondary

#90BB4B

accent

#E840A8

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E8C

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

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