#481B85#481B85

#481B85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.162 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B85
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 133)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 79.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.19, 43.60, -50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.19, 66.91, 310.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.76% 0.0721 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(35.76% 0.162 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2969, 3.8549, 22.5454)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B85 #58851B

analogous

#1B2385 #481B85 #7D1B85

triadic

#481B85 #85481B #1B8548

tetradic

#481B85 #851B23 #58851B #1B857D

square

#481B85 #851B23 #58851B #1B857D

split-complementary

#481B85 #857D1B #23851B

monochromatic

#11061F #2C1152 #481B85 #6425B8 #8242D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#481B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#481B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B85

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B85	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.162 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825da9',
    500: '#481b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b85;
$custom-light: #825da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.472,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35761,
    "c": 0.16229,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B85

secondary

#87B844

accent

#E93FA1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B85

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

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