#481E83#481E83

#481E83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.157 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E83
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 131)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 77%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 77.1%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.49, 41.67, -49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.49, 64.33, 310.37°)
OKLab	oklab(35.92% 0.07 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(35.92% 0.157 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2324, 3.9448, 21.8487)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E83 #59831E

analogous

#1E2783 #481E83 #7B1E83

triadic

#481E83 #83481E #1E8348

tetradic

#481E83 #831E27 #59831E #1E837B

square

#481E83 #831E27 #59831E #1E837B

split-complementary

#481E83 #837B1E #27831E

monochromatic

#11071F #2D1351 #481E83 #6329B5 #8247D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#481E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#481E83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E83

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E83	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.157 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea8',
    500: '#481e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e83;
$custom-light: #815ea8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.95,
    "s": 62.733,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35917,
    "c": 0.15678,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E83

secondary

#88B647

accent

#E642A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E83

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

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