#481F8C#481F8C

#481F8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.166 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481F8C
RGB	rgb(72, 31, 140)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 77.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.48, 43.66, -53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.48, 68.67, 309.47°)
OKLab	oklab(36.87% 0.0666 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(36.87% 0.166 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8948, 4.2509, 25.2104)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481F8C #638C1F

analogous

#1F2C8C #481F8C #7E1F8C

triadic

#481F8C #8C481F #1F8C48

tetradic

#481F8C #8C1F2C #638C1F #1F8C7E

square

#481F8C #8C1F2C #638C1F #1F8C7E

split-complementary

#481F8C #8C7E1F #2C8C1F

monochromatic

#140928 #2E145A #481F8C #622ABE #824ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#481F8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#481F8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481F8C

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481F8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481F8C	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481f8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 31, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.166 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825faf',
    500: '#481f8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481f8c;
$custom-light: #825faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481f8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.569,
    "s": 63.743,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36871,
    "c": 0.16601,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481F8C

secondary

#91BB4C

accent

#E741A8

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481F8C

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

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