#481C82#481C82

#481C82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.158 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481C82
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 130)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 78%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.6%, 78.5%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.07, 42.34, -49.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.07, 64.81, 310.79°)
OKLab	oklab(35.59% 0.0721 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(35.59% 0.158 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1159, 3.8198, 21.4771)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481C82 #56821C

analogous

#1C2382 #481C82 #7B1C82

triadic

#481C82 #82481C #1C8248

tetradic

#481C82 #821C23 #56821C #1C827B

square

#481C82 #821C23 #56821C #1C827B

split-complementary

#481C82 #827B1C #23821C

monochromatic

#10061D #2C1150 #481C82 #6427B4 #8242D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#481C82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#481C82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481C82

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481C82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481C82	1.00	11.90	1.76	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481c82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.158 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815da7',
    500: '#481c82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481c82;
$custom-light: #815da7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481c82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.882,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35593,
    "c": 0.15786,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481C82

secondary

#85B544

accent

#E8409F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481C82

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

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