#481F8A#481F8A

#481F8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.164 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481F8A
RGB	rgb(72, 31, 138)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(263, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 77.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.30, 43.11, -52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.30, 67.60, 309.62°)
OKLab	oklab(36.68% 0.0672 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(36.68% 0.164 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7487, 4.1924, 24.4408)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481F8A #618A1F

analogous

#1F2B8A #481F8A #7D1F8A

triadic

#481F8A #8A481F #1F8A48

tetradic

#481F8A #8A1F2B #618A1F #1F8A7D

square

#481F8A #8A1F2B #618A1F #1F8A7D

split-complementary

#481F8A #8A7D1F #2B8A1F

monochromatic

#140926 #2E1458 #481F8A #622ABC #824CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#481F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#481F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481F8A

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481F8A	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 31, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.164 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825fad',
    500: '#481f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481f8a;
$custom-light: #825fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.991,
    "s": 63.314,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36683,
    "c": 0.16371,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481F8A

secondary

#8FBA4B

accent

#E641A7

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481F8A

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

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