#481F89#481F89

#481F89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.163 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481F89
RGB	rgb(72, 31, 137)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(263, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 77.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.21, 42.83, -51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.21, 67.06, 309.70°)
OKLab	oklab(36.59% 0.0675 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(36.59% 0.163 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6766, 4.1636, 24.0613)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481F89 #60891F

analogous

#1F2B89 #481F89 #7D1F89

triadic

#481F89 #89481F #1F8948

tetradic

#481F89 #891F2B #60891F #1F897D

square

#481F89 #891F2B #60891F #1F897D

split-complementary

#481F89 #897D1F #2B891F

monochromatic

#140825 #2E1457 #481F89 #622ABB #824CD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#481F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#481F89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481F89

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481F89	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 31, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.163 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825fac',
    500: '#481f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481f89;
$custom-light: #825fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.208,
    "s": 63.095,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36589,
    "c": 0.16256,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481F89

secondary

#8EB94B

accent

#E642A7

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481F89

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

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