#481978#481978

#481978 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.150 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481978
RGB	rgb(72, 25, 120)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 79.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.69, 41.08, -44.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.69, 60.91, 312.41°)
OKLab	oklab(34.35% 0.0775 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(34.35% 0.15 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.4095, 3.4290, 18.0898)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.48

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481978 #497819

analogous

#191A78 #481978 #771978

triadic

#481978 #784819 #197848

tetradic

#481978 #78191A #497819 #197877

square

#481978 #78191A #497819 #197877

split-complementary

#481978 #787719 #1A7819

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2A0E45 #481978 #6624AB #8536D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.46

#481978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#481978 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481978

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481978	1.00	12.46	1.69	12.46
#FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 25, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.150 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805ba0',
    500: '#481978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481978;
$custom-light: #805ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.684,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34346,
    "c": 0.15,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481978

secondary

#77AD40

accent

#E83F95

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481978

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

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