#481E81#481E81

#481E81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.154 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E81
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 129)
HSL	hsl(265, 62%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 77%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 76.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.31, 41.13, -48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.31, 63.24, 310.57°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.0705 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.154 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.0982, 3.8911, 21.1417)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E81 #57811E

analogous

#1E2581 #481E81 #791E81

triadic

#481E81 #81481E #1E8148

tetradic

#481E81 #811E25 #57811E #1E8179

square

#481E81 #811E25 #57811E #1E8179

split-complementary

#481E81 #81791E #25811E

monochromatic

#11071E #2C124F #481E81 #642AB3 #8246D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#481E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#481E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E81

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E81	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.154 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea6',
    500: '#481e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e81;
$custom-light: #815ea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.455,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35735,
    "c": 0.15447,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E81

secondary

#86B447

accent

#E542A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E81

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

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