#481D84#481D84

#481D84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.159 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D84
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 132)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 78%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.41, 42.42, -49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.41, 65.39, 310.45°)
OKLab	oklab(35.89% 0.0706 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(35.89% 0.159 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2756, 3.9222, 22.1991)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481D84 #59841D

analogous

#1D2584 #481D84 #7C1D84

triadic

#481D84 #84481D #1D8448

tetradic

#481D84 #841D25 #59841D #1D847C

square

#481D84 #841D25 #59841D #1D847C

split-complementary

#481D84 #847C1D #25841D

monochromatic

#110720 #2D1252 #481D84 #6328B6 #8245D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#481D84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#481D84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D84

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D84	1.00	11.77	1.78	11.77
#FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.159 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea9',
    500: '#481d84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d84;
$custom-light: #815ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.049,
    "s": 63.975,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35892,
    "c": 0.15903,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D84

secondary

#88B746

accent

#E741A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D84

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

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