#481B87#481B87

#481B87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.165 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B87
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 135)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 80%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.37, 44.14, -51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.37, 67.98, 310.48°)
OKLab	oklab(35.95% 0.0714 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(35.95% 0.165 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4364, 3.9107, 23.2800)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B87 #5A871B

analogous

#1B2487 #481B87 #7E1B87

triadic

#481B87 #87481B #1B8748

tetradic

#481B87 #871B24 #5A871B #1B877E

square

#481B87 #871B24 #5A871B #1B877E

split-complementary

#481B87 #877E1B #24871B

monochromatic

#120721 #2D1154 #481B87 #6325BA #8243D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#481B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#481B87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B87

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B87	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.165 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825dab',
    500: '#481b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b87;
$custom-light: #825dab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3595,
    "c": 0.16452,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B87

secondary

#89BA44

accent

#EA3EA2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B87

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

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