#481C80#481C80

#481C80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.156 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481C80
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 128)
HSL	hsl(266, 64%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 78%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 78.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.88, 41.81, -48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.88, 63.73, 311.00°)
OKLab	oklab(35.41% 0.0726 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(35.41% 0.156 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9830, 3.7666, 20.7770)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481C80 #54801C

analogous

#1C2280 #481C80 #7A1C80

triadic

#481C80 #80481C #1C8048

tetradic

#481C80 #801C22 #54801C #1C807A

square

#481C80 #801C22 #54801C #1C807A

split-complementary

#481C80 #807A1C #22801C

monochromatic

#10061C #2C114E #481C80 #6427B2 #8241D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#481C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#481C80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481C80

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481C80	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.156 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815da6',
    500: '#481c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481c80;
$custom-light: #815da6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.4,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35409,
    "c": 0.1556,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481C80

secondary

#83B344

accent

#E7419E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481C80

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

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