#481E96#481E96

#481E96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.178 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E96
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 150)
HSL	hsl(261, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 80%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.28, 46.87, -57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.28, 74.48, 309.00°)
OKLab	oklab(37.72% 0.0644 -0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(37.72% 0.178 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6402, 4.5079, 29.2631)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E96 #6C961E

analogous

#1E3096 #481E96 #841E96

triadic

#481E96 #96481E #1E9648

tetradic

#481E96 #961E30 #6C961E #1E9684

square

#481E96 #961E30 #6C961E #1E9684

split-complementary

#481E96 #96841E #30961E

monochromatic

#170A30 #301463 #481E96 #6028C9 #8252DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#481E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#481E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E96

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E96	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.178 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460b6',
    500: '#481e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e96;
$custom-light: #8460b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37722,
    "c": 0.17837,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E96

secondary

#99BF50

accent

#EA3EAE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E96

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

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