#481F81#481F81

#481F81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.153 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481F81
RGB	rgb(72, 31, 129)
HSL	hsl(265, 61%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 76%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 76%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.48, 40.64, -47.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.48, 62.71, 310.39°)
OKLab	oklab(35.86% 0.0695 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(35.86% 0.153 297)
XYZ	xyz(7.1239, 3.9425, 21.1503)
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

#481F81 #58811F

analogous

#1F2781 #481F81 #791F81

triadic

#481F81 #81481F #1F8148

tetradic

#481F81 #811F27 #58811F #1F8179

square

#481F81 #811F27 #58811F #1F8179

split-complementary

#481F81 #81791F #27811F

monochromatic

#11071E #2C1350 #481F81 #642BB2 #8247D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#481F81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#481F81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481F81

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481F81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481F81	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)

#003884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481f81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 31, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.153 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815fa6',
    500: '#481f81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481f81;
$custom-light: #815fa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481f81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.102,
    "s": 61.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35856,
    "c": 0.15331,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.03943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481F81

secondary

#87B448

accent

#E443A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481F81

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

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