#481D80#481D80

#481D80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.154 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D80
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 128)
HSL	hsl(266, 63%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 77%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 77.3%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.05, 41.34, -47.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.05, 63.22, 310.83°)
OKLab	oklab(35.53% 0.0717 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(35.53% 0.154 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0071, 3.8148, 20.7850)
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

#481D80 #55801D

analogous

#1D2380 #481D80 #791D80

triadic

#481D80 #80481D #1D8048

tetradic

#481D80 #801D23 #55801D #1D8079

square

#481D80 #801D23 #55801D #1D8079

split-complementary

#481D80 #80791D #23801D

monochromatic

#10061C #2C124E #481D80 #6428B2 #8243D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.91

#481D80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#481D80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D80

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D80	1.00	11.91	1.76	11.91
#FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.154 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea6',
    500: '#481d80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d80;
$custom-light: #815ea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.061,
    "s": 63.057,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35525,
    "c": 0.15447,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D80

secondary

#84B345

accent

#E6429F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D80

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

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