#481C86#481C86

#481C86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.162 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481C86
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 134)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 79.1%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.44, 43.42, -50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.44, 66.96, 310.42°)
OKLab	oklab(35.97% 0.0709 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(35.97% 0.162 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.3897, 3.9293, 22.9187)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481C86 #5A861C

analogous

#1C2586 #481C86 #7D1C86

triadic

#481C86 #86481C #1C8648

tetradic

#481C86 #861C25 #5A861C #1C867D

square

#481C86 #861C25 #5A861C #1C867D

split-complementary

#481C86 #867D1C #25861C

monochromatic

#120721 #2D1153 #481C86 #6327B9 #8244D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#481C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#481C86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481C86

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481C86	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.162 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825eaa',
    500: '#481c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481c86;
$custom-light: #825eaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.906,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35965,
    "c": 0.16237,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481C86

secondary

#89B945

accent

#E83FA2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481C86

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

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