#481A78#481A78

#481A78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.149 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A78
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 120)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 78.3%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.84, 40.62, -44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.84, 60.41, 312.25°)
OKLab	oklab(34.46% 0.0766 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(34.46% 0.149 301)
XYZ	xyz(6.4312, 3.4725, 18.0971)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.65

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A78 #4A781A

analogous

#1A1B78 #481A78 #771A78

triadic

#481A78 #78481A #1A7848

tetradic

#481A78 #781A1B #4A781A #1A7877

square

#481A78 #781A1B #4A781A #1A7877

split-complementary

#481A78 #78771A #1B781A

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2A0F46 #481A78 #6625AA #8538D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.39

#481A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#481A78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A78

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A78	1.00	12.39	1.69	12.39
#FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.149 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805ca0',
    500: '#481a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a78;
$custom-light: #805ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.362,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34457,
    "c": 0.14887,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.03473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A78

secondary

#78AC41

accent

#E74096

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A78

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

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