#481C84#481C84

#481C84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.160 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481C84
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 132)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 78.8%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.25, 42.88, -50.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.25, 65.89, 310.60°)
OKLab	oklab(35.78% 0.0715 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(35.78% 0.16 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2515, 3.8740, 22.1910)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481C84 #58841C

analogous

#1C2484 #481C84 #7C1C84

triadic

#481C84 #84481C #1C8448

tetradic

#481C84 #841C24 #58841C #1C847C

square

#481C84 #841C24 #58841C #1C847C

split-complementary

#481C84 #847C1C #24841C

monochromatic

#11071F #2C1152 #481C84 #6427B6 #8243D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#481C84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#481C84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481C84

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481C84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481C84	1.00	11.83	1.77	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481c84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.160 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815da9',
    500: '#481c84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481c84;
$custom-light: #815da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481c84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35778,
    "c": 0.16011,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481C84

secondary

#87B745

accent

#E840A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481C84

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

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