#481A79#481A79

#481A79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.150 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A79
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 121)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 78.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.93, 40.88, -45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.93, 60.95, 312.12°)
OKLab	oklab(34.55% 0.0763 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(34.55% 0.15 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4922, 3.4969, 18.4184)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.56

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A79 #4B791A

analogous

#1A1B79 #481A79 #781A79

triadic

#481A79 #79481A #1A7948

tetradic

#481A79 #791A1B #4B791A #1A7978

square

#481A79 #791A1B #4B791A #1A7978

split-complementary

#481A79 #79781A #1B791A

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2A0F47 #481A79 #6625AB #8439D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.36

#481A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#481A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A79

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A79	1.00	12.36	1.70	12.36
#FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.150 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805ca0',
    500: '#481a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a79;
$custom-light: #805ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.053,
    "s": 64.626,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34547,
    "c": 0.14999,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A79

secondary

#79AD41

accent

#E84097

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A79

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

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