#481F8E#481F8E

#481F8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.168 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481F8E
RGB	rgb(72, 31, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 78.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.67, 44.21, -53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.67, 69.75, 309.33°)
OKLab	oklab(37.06% 0.066 -0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(37.06% 0.168 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0436, 4.3104, 25.9941)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.98

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481F8E #658E1F

analogous

#1F2E8E #481F8E #801F8E

triadic

#481F8E #8E481F #1F8E48

tetradic

#481F8E #8E1F2E #658E1F #1F8E80

square

#481F8E #8E1F2E #658E1F #1F8E80

split-complementary

#481F8E #8E801F #2E8E1F

monochromatic

#15092A #2F145C #481F8E #612AC0 #824FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#481F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#481F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481F8E

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481F8E	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 31, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.168 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360b0',
    500: '#481f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481f8e;
$custom-light: #8360b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.162,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3706,
    "c": 0.1683,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481F8E

secondary

#93BB4D

accent

#E741AA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #481F8E

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

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