#481C87#481C87

#481C87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.163 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481C87
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 135)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 79.3%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.53, 43.69, -51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.53, 67.50, 310.33°)
OKLab	oklab(36.06% 0.0706 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(36.06% 0.163 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4597, 3.9573, 23.2878)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481C87 #5B871C

analogous

#1C2687 #481C87 #7E1C87

triadic

#481C87 #87481C #1C8748

tetradic

#481C87 #871C26 #5B871C #1C877E

square

#481C87 #871C26 #5B871C #1C877E

split-complementary

#481C87 #877E1C #26871C

monochromatic

#120722 #2D1154 #481C87 #6327BA #8245D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#481C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#481C87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481C87

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481C87	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.163 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825eab',
    500: '#481c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481c87;
$custom-light: #825eab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.673,
    "s": 65.644,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36059,
    "c": 0.16349,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481C87

secondary

#8ABA45

accent

#E93FA3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481C87

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

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