#481A7B#481A7B

#481A7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.152 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A7B
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 123)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(268, 79%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 78.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.11, 41.41, -46.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.11, 62.03, 311.87°)
OKLab	oklab(34.73% 0.0758 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(34.73% 0.152 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6161, 3.5465, 19.0710)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.41

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A7B #4D7B1A

analogous

#1A1C7B #481A7B #791A7B

triadic

#481A7B #7B481A #1A7B48

tetradic

#481A7B #7B1A1C #4D7B1A #1A7B79

square

#481A7B #7B1A1C #4D7B1A #1A7B79

split-complementary

#481A7B #7B791A #1C7B1A

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2A0F48 #481A7B #6625AE #843AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.29

#481A7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#481A7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A7B

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A7B	1.00	12.29	1.71	12.29
#FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.152 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805ca2',
    500: '#481a7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a7b;
$custom-light: #805ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.454,
    "s": 65.101,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34727,
    "c": 0.15222,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A7B

secondary

#7BAF42

accent

#E84098

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A7B

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

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