#481E87#481E87

#481E87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.161 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E87
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 135)
HSL	hsl(264, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 77.8%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.85, 42.76, -50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.85, 66.49, 310.02°)
OKLab	oklab(36.29% 0.0689 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(36.29% 0.161 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5088, 4.0553, 23.3041)
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

#481E87 #5D871E

analogous

#1E2987 #481E87 #7C1E87

triadic

#481E87 #87481E #1E8748

tetradic

#481E87 #871E29 #5D871E #1E877C

square

#481E87 #871E29 #5D871E #1E877C

split-complementary

#481E87 #877C1E #29871E

monochromatic

#130823 #2D1355 #481E87 #6329B9 #8249D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#481E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#481E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E87

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E87	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)

#003A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.161 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825fab',
    500: '#481e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e87;
$custom-light: #825fab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36286,
    "c": 0.16136,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E87

secondary

#8CB948

accent

#E741A4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E87

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

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