#481E85#481E85

#481E85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.159 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E85
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 133)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 77.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.67, 42.22, -49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.67, 65.41, 310.19°)
OKLab	oklab(36.1% 0.0694 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(36.1% 0.159 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.3693, 3.9995, 22.5695)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E85 #5B851E

analogous

#1E2885 #481E85 #7C1E85

triadic

#481E85 #85481E #1E8548

tetradic

#481E85 #851E28 #5B851E #1E857C

square

#481E85 #851E28 #5B851E #1E857C

split-complementary

#481E85 #857C1E #28851E

monochromatic

#120721 #2D1353 #481E85 #6329B7 #8248D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#481E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#481E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E85

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E85	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.159 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815fa9',
    500: '#481e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e85;
$custom-light: #815fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.466,
    "s": 63.19,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36101,
    "c": 0.15907,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E85

secondary

#8AB847

accent

#E642A3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E85

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

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