#481A86#481A86

#481A86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.164 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A86
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 134)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 81%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 80.6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.13, 44.31, -51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.13, 67.92, 310.72°)
OKLab	oklab(35.75% 0.0726 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(35.75% 0.164 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3438, 3.8376, 22.9034)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A86 #58861A

analogous

#1A2286 #481A86 #7E1A86

triadic

#481A86 #86481A #1A8648

tetradic

#481A86 #861A22 #58861A #1A867E

square

#481A86 #861A22 #58861A #1A867E

split-complementary

#481A86 #867E1A #22861A

monochromatic

#11061F #2C1053 #481A86 #6424B9 #8240DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#481A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#481A86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A86

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A86	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.164 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825daa',
    500: '#481a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a86;
$custom-light: #825daa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.556,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35749,
    "c": 0.16442,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A86

secondary

#87B942

accent

#EA3DA1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A86

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

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