#481C85#481C85

#481C85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.161 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481C85
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 133)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 78.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.34, 43.15, -50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.34, 66.43, 310.51°)
OKLab	oklab(35.87% 0.0712 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(35.87% 0.161 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3203, 3.9015, 22.5531)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481C85 #59851C

analogous

#1C2585 #481C85 #7D1C85

triadic

#481C85 #85481C #1C8548

tetradic

#481C85 #851C25 #59851C #1C857D

square

#481C85 #851C25 #59851C #1C857D

split-complementary

#481C85 #857D1C #25851C

monochromatic

#110720 #2D1152 #481C85 #6327B8 #8244D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#481C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#481C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481C85

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481C85	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.161 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ea9',
    500: '#481c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481c85;
$custom-light: #825ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.143,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35872,
    "c": 0.16124,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481C85

secondary

#88B845

accent

#E840A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481C85

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

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