#481E8E#481E8E

#481E8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.169 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E8E
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 78.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.51, 44.67, -54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.51, 70.25, 309.49°)
OKLab	oklab(36.95% 0.0669 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(36.95% 0.169 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0179, 4.2590, 25.9856)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E8E #648E1E

analogous

#1E2C8E #481E8E #801E8E

triadic

#481E8E #8E481E #1E8E48

tetradic

#481E8E #8E1E2C #648E1E #1E8E80

square

#481E8E #8E1E2C #648E1E #1E8E80

split-complementary

#481E8E #8E801E #2C8E1E

monochromatic

#150929 #2E135B #481E8E #6229C1 #824DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#481E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#481E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E8E

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E8E	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.169 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835fb0',
    500: '#481e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e8e;
$custom-light: #835fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36946,
    "c": 0.16933,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E8E

secondary

#92BC4C

accent

#E840A9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E8E

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

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