#481B84#481B84

#481B84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.161 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B84
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 132)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 79.5%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.09, 43.33, -50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.09, 66.38, 310.75°)
OKLab	oklab(35.67% 0.0723 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(35.67% 0.161 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2282, 3.8274, 22.1832)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B84 #57841B

analogous

#1B2284 #481B84 #7C1B84

triadic

#481B84 #84481B #1B8448

tetradic

#481B84 #841B22 #57841B #1B847C

square

#481B84 #841B22 #57841B #1B847C

split-complementary

#481B84 #847C1B #22841B

monochromatic

#11061E #2C1151 #481B84 #6425B7 #8241D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#481B84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#481B84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B84

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B84	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.161 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825da9',
    500: '#481b84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b84;
$custom-light: #825da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35668,
    "c": 0.16118,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B84

secondary

#86B743

accent

#E93FA0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B84

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

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