#481D81#481D81

#481D81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.156 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D81
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 129)
HSL	hsl(266, 63%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 78%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 77.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.14, 41.61, -48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.14, 63.76, 310.73°)
OKLab	oklab(35.62% 0.0714 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(35.62% 0.156 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.0733, 3.8413, 21.1334)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481D81 #56811D

analogous

#1D2481 #481D81 #7A1D81

triadic

#481D81 #81481D #1D8148

tetradic

#481D81 #811D24 #56811D #1D817A

square

#481D81 #811D24 #56811D #1D817A

split-complementary

#481D81 #817A1D #24811D

monochromatic

#10071D #2C124F #481D81 #6428B3 #8244D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#481D81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#481D81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D81

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D81	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.156 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea6',
    500: '#481d81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d81;
$custom-light: #815ea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.8,
    "s": 63.291,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35616,
    "c": 0.15562,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D81

secondary

#85B446

accent

#E6419F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D81

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

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