#481E9D#481E9D

#481E9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.186 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E9D
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 157)
HSL	hsl(260, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 80.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.98, 48.79, -61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.98, 78.14, 308.64°)
OKLab	oklab(38.42% 0.0621 -0.1755)
OKLCH	oklch(38.42% 0.186 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.2208, 4.7402, 32.3208)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E9D #739D1E

analogous

#1E339D #481E9D #881E9D

triadic

#481E9D #9D481E #1E9D48

tetradic

#481E9D #9D1E33 #739D1E #1E9D88

square

#481E9D #9D1E33 #739D1E #1E9D88

split-complementary

#481E9D #9D881E #339D1E

monochromatic

#190A36 #30146A #481E9D #6028D0 #8457DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.78

#481E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#481E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E9D

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E9D	1.00	10.78	1.95	10.78
#FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.186 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8560bb',
    500: '#481e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e9d;
$custom-light: #8560bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.843,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38416,
    "c": 0.1862,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E9D

secondary

#9EC254

accent

#EB3DB1

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E9D

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

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