#481B80#481B80

#481B80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.157 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B80
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 128)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(267, 79%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 78.9%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.72, 42.27, -48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.72, 64.23, 311.15°)
OKLab	oklab(35.3% 0.0735 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(35.3% 0.157 298)
XYZ	xyz(6.9597, 3.7200, 20.7692)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B80 #53801B

analogous

#1B2080 #481B80 #7A1B80

triadic

#481B80 #80481B #1B8048

tetradic

#481B80 #801B20 #53801B #1B807A

square

#481B80 #801B20 #53801B #1B807A

split-complementary

#481B80 #807A1B #20801B

monochromatic

#0F061B #2C104D #481B80 #6426B3 #823FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.04

#481B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#481B80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B80

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B80	1.00	12.04	1.74	12.04
#FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.157 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815da6',
    500: '#481b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b80;
$custom-light: #815da6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.733,
    "s": 65.161,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35296,
    "c": 0.1567,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.0372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B80

secondary

#82B443

accent

#E8409D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B80

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

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