#481F8B#481F8B

#481F8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.165 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481F8B
RGB	rgb(72, 31, 139)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(263, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 77.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.39, 43.38, -52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.39, 68.14, 309.55°)
OKLab	oklab(36.78% 0.0669 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(36.78% 0.165 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8214, 4.2215, 24.8238)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481F8B #628B1F

analogous

#1F2C8B #481F8B #7E1F8B

triadic

#481F8B #8B481F #1F8B48

tetradic

#481F8B #8B1F2C #628B1F #1F8B7E

square

#481F8B #8B1F2C #628B1F #1F8B7E

split-complementary

#481F8B #8B7E1F #2C8B1F

monochromatic

#140927 #2E1459 #481F8B #622ABD #824DD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#481F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#481F8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481F8B

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481F8B	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 31, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.165 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825fae',
    500: '#481f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481f8b;
$custom-light: #825fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.778,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36777,
    "c": 0.16486,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481F8B

secondary

#90BA4C

accent

#E741A8

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481F8B

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

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