#481B86#481B86

#481B86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.163 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B86
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 134)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 79.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.28, 43.87, -51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.28, 67.45, 310.57°)
OKLab	oklab(35.86% 0.0717 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(35.86% 0.163 296)
XYZ	xyz(7.3663, 3.8826, 22.9109)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B86 #59861B

analogous

#1B2386 #481B86 #7E1B86

triadic

#481B86 #86481B #1B8648

tetradic

#481B86 #861B23 #59861B #1B867E

square

#481B86 #861B23 #59861B #1B867E

split-complementary

#481B86 #867E1B #23861B

monochromatic

#110620 #2D1153 #481B86 #6325B9 #8242D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#481B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#481B86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B86

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B86	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.163 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825daa',
    500: '#481b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b86;
$custom-light: #825daa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.234,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35856,
    "c": 0.1634,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.03883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B86

secondary

#88B944

accent

#E93EA1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B86

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

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