#481E95#481E95

#481E95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.177 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E95
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 149)
HSL	hsl(261, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 80%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 79.9%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.19, 46.60, -57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.19, 73.96, 309.05°)
OKLab	oklab(37.62% 0.0647 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(37.62% 0.177 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5600, 4.4758, 28.8408)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E95 #6B951E

analogous

#1E3095 #481E95 #831E95

triadic

#481E95 #95481E #1E9548

tetradic

#481E95 #951E30 #6B951E #1E9583

square

#481E95 #951E30 #6B951E #1E9583

split-complementary

#481E95 #95831E #30951E

monochromatic

#17092F #2F1462 #481E95 #6128C8 #8251DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#481E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#481E95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E95

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E95	1.00	11.08	1.90	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003993

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.177 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845fb5',
    500: '#481e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e95;
$custom-light: #845fb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 66.48,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37624,
    "c": 0.17724,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E95

secondary

#98BF50

accent

#E93EAD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E95

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

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