#481D82#481D82

#481D82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.157 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D82
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 130)
HSL	hsl(266, 64%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 78%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.6%, 77.7%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.23, 41.88, -48.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.23, 64.30, 310.63°)
OKLab	oklab(35.71% 0.0711 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(35.71% 0.157 297)
XYZ	xyz(7.1401, 3.8680, 21.4852)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481D82 #57821D

analogous

#1D2482 #481D82 #7A1D82

triadic

#481D82 #82481D #1D8248

tetradic

#481D82 #821D24 #57821D #1D827A

square

#481D82 #821D24 #57821D #1D827A

split-complementary

#481D82 #827A1D #24821D

monochromatic

#11071E #2C1250 #481D82 #6428B4 #8244D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#481D82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#481D82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D82

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D82	1.00	11.84	1.77	11.84
#FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.157 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea7',
    500: '#481d82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d82;
$custom-light: #815ea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.545,
    "s": 63.522,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35708,
    "c": 0.15675,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.03868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D82

secondary

#86B546

accent

#E741A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D82

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

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