#481E97#481E97

#481E97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.179 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E97
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 151)
HSL	hsl(261, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 80.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.38, 47.14, -58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.38, 75.01, 308.94°)
OKLab	oklab(37.82% 0.0641 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(37.82% 0.179 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.7211, 4.5403, 29.6890)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E97 #6D971E

analogous

#1E3197 #481E97 #841E97

triadic

#481E97 #97481E #1E9748

tetradic

#481E97 #971E31 #6D971E #1E9784

square

#481E97 #971E31 #6D971E #1E9784

split-complementary

#481E97 #97841E #31971E

monochromatic

#170A31 #301464 #481E97 #6028CA #8353DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#481E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#481E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E97

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E97	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C415A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.179 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460b7',
    500: '#481e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e97;
$custom-light: #8460b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.826,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3782,
    "c": 0.17948,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E97

secondary

#99C051

accent

#EA3EAE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E97

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

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