#481B81#481B81

#481B81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.158 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B81
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 129)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 79.1%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.81, 42.54, -48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.81, 64.77, 311.05°)
OKLab	oklab(35.39% 0.0732 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(35.39% 0.158 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0258, 3.7464, 21.1176)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B81 #54811B

analogous

#1B2181 #481B81 #7B1B81

triadic

#481B81 #81481B #1B8148

tetradic

#481B81 #811B21 #54811B #1B817B

square

#481B81 #811B21 #54811B #1B817B

split-complementary

#481B81 #817B1B #21811B

monochromatic

#10061C #2C104E #481B81 #6426B4 #823FD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.00

#481B81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#481B81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B81

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B81	1.00	12.00	1.75	12.00
#FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.158 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815da6',
    500: '#481b81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b81;
$custom-light: #815da6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.471,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35388,
    "c": 0.15782,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B81

secondary

#83B543

accent

#E83F9E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B81

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

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