#481EA0#481EA0

#481EA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.190 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481EA0
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 160)
HSL	hsl(259, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 81%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 81.3%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.29, 49.61, -62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.29, 79.69, 308.51°)
OKLab	oklab(38.72% 0.0611 -0.1794)
OKLCH	oklch(38.72% 0.19 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4801, 4.8439, 33.6863)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481EA0 #76A01E

analogous

#1E35A0 #481EA0 #891EA0

triadic

#481EA0 #A0481E #1EA048

tetradic

#481EA0 #A01E35 #76A01E #1EA089

square

#481EA0 #A01E35 #76A01E #1EA089

split-complementary

#481EA0 #A0891E #35A01E

monochromatic

#1A0B39 #31146C #481EA0 #5F28D4 #8459E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#481EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#481EA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481EA0

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481EA0	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.190 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8560bd',
    500: '#481ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481ea0;
$custom-light: #8560bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.385,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38718,
    "c": 0.18954,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481EA0

secondary

#A0C456

accent

#EB3DB3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #481EA0

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

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