#481D85#481D85

#481D85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.160 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D85
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 133)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 78.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.50, 42.69, -50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.50, 65.92, 310.36°)
OKLab	oklab(35.99% 0.0703 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(35.99% 0.16 296)
XYZ	xyz(7.3444, 3.9497, 22.5612)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481D85 #5A851D

analogous

#1D2685 #481D85 #7C1D85

triadic

#481D85 #85481D #1D8548

tetradic

#481D85 #851D26 #5A851D #1D857C

square

#481D85 #851D26 #5A851D #1D857C

split-complementary

#481D85 #857C1D #26851D

monochromatic

#120721 #2D1253 #481D85 #6328B7 #8246D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#481D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#481D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D85

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D85	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.160 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ea9',
    500: '#481d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d85;
$custom-light: #825ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.808,
    "s": 64.198,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35985,
    "c": 0.16017,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.0395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D85

secondary

#89B846

accent

#E741A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D85

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

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