#481D89#481D89

#481D89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.165 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D89
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 137)
HSL	hsl(264, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 78.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.88, 43.77, -52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.88, 68.07, 310.02°)
OKLab	oklab(36.36% 0.0692 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(36.36% 0.165 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6260, 4.0624, 24.0444)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481D89 #5E891D

analogous

#1D2889 #481D89 #7E1D89

triadic

#481D89 #89481D #1D8948

tetradic

#481D89 #891D28 #5E891D #1D897E

square

#481D89 #891D28 #5E891D #1D897E

split-complementary

#481D89 #897E1D #28891D

monochromatic

#130824 #2D1256 #481D89 #6328BC #8248D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#481D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#481D89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D89

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D89	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.165 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825eac',
    500: '#481d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d89;
$custom-light: #825eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.889,
    "s": 65.06,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36359,
    "c": 0.1647,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D89

secondary

#8DBA47

accent

#E840A5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D89

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

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