#481E8D#481E8D

#481E8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.168 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E8D
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 141)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 78.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.41, 44.40, -53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.41, 69.71, 309.56°)
OKLab	oklab(36.85% 0.0672 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(36.85% 0.168 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9431, 4.2291, 25.5919)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E8D #638D1E

analogous

#1E2B8D #481E8D #7F1E8D

triadic

#481E8D #8D481E #1E8D48

tetradic

#481E8D #8D1E2B #638D1E #1E8D7F

square

#481E8D #8D1E2B #638D1E #1E8D7F

split-complementary

#481E8D #8D7F1E #2B8D1E

monochromatic

#140928 #2E135B #481E8D #6229BF #824CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#481E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#481E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E8D

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E8D	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.168 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835faf',
    500: '#481e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e8d;
$custom-light: #835faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.703,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36851,
    "c": 0.1682,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E8D

secondary

#91BC4B

accent

#E840A8

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E8D

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

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