#481A81#481A81

#481A81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.159 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A81
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 129)
HSL	hsl(267, 66%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(267, 80%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 79.8%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.66, 42.98, -49.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.66, 65.26, 311.20°)
OKLab	oklab(35.28% 0.0741 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(35.28% 0.159 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0033, 3.7014, 21.1101)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A81 #53811A

analogous

#1A1F81 #481A81 #7B1A81

triadic

#481A81 #81481A #1A8148

tetradic

#481A81 #811A1F #53811A #1A817B

square

#481A81 #811A1F #53811A #1A817B

split-complementary

#481A81 #817B1A #1F811A

monochromatic

#0F051B #2C104E #481A81 #6424B4 #823DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#481A81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#481A81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A81

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A81	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.159 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ca6',
    500: '#481a81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a81;
$custom-light: #815ca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.796,
    "s": 66.452,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35279,
    "c": 0.15888,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A81

secondary

#82B542

accent

#E93E9D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A81

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

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