#481D87#481D87

#481D87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.162 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D87
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 135)
HSL	hsl(264, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 78.5%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.69, 43.23, -51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.69, 67.00, 310.18°)
OKLab	oklab(36.17% 0.0698 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(36.17% 0.162 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4838, 4.0055, 23.2958)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481D87 #5C871D

analogous

#1D2787 #481D87 #7D1D87

triadic

#481D87 #87481D #1D8748

tetradic

#481D87 #871D27 #5C871D #1D877D

square

#481D87 #871D27 #5C871D #1D877D

split-complementary

#481D87 #877D1D #27871D

monochromatic

#120722 #2D1255 #481D87 #6328B9 #8247D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#481D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#481D87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D87

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D87	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.162 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825eab',
    500: '#481d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d87;
$custom-light: #825eab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.34,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36171,
    "c": 0.16244,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D87

secondary

#8BB946

accent

#E840A4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D87

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

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