#481A77#481A77

#481A77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.148 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A77
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 119)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 78.2%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.76, 40.36, -44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.76, 59.87, 312.39°)
OKLab	oklab(34.37% 0.0768 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(34.37% 0.148 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3708, 3.4484, 17.7791)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.75

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A77 #49771A

analogous

#1A1B77 #481A77 #761A77

triadic

#481A77 #77481A #1A7748

tetradic

#481A77 #771A1B #49771A #1A7776

square

#481A77 #771A1B #49771A #1A7776

split-complementary

#481A77 #77761A #1B771A

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2A0F45 #481A77 #6625A9 #8538D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#481A77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#481A77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A77

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A77	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.148 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805c9f',
    500: '#481a77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a77;
$custom-light: #805c9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.677,
    "s": 64.138,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34368,
    "c": 0.14776,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A77

secondary

#77AC41

accent

#E74195

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A77

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

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