#481E86#481E86

#481E86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.160 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E86
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 134)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 77.6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.76, 42.49, -50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.76, 65.95, 310.11°)
OKLab	oklab(36.19% 0.0692 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(36.19% 0.16 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4387, 4.0273, 22.9351)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E86 #5C861E

analogous

#1E2886 #481E86 #7C1E86

triadic

#481E86 #86481E #1E8648

tetradic

#481E86 #861E28 #5C861E #1E867C

square

#481E86 #861E28 #5C861E #1E867C

split-complementary

#481E86 #867C1E #28861E

monochromatic

#120822 #2D1354 #481E86 #6329B8 #8248D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#481E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#481E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E86

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E86	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.160 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825faa',
    500: '#481e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e86;
$custom-light: #825faa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.231,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36193,
    "c": 0.16022,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E86

secondary

#8BB847

accent

#E641A4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E86

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

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