#481A7C#481A7C

#481A7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.153 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A7C
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 124)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(268, 79%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 79%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.20, 41.67, -46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.20, 62.57, 311.75°)
OKLab	oklab(34.82% 0.0755 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(34.82% 0.153 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.6791, 3.5717, 19.4024)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.34

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A7C #4E7C1A

analogous

#1A1D7C #481A7C #791A7C

triadic

#481A7C #7C481A #1A7C48

tetradic

#481A7C #7C1A1D #4E7C1A #1A7C79

square

#481A7C #7C1A1D #4E7C1A #1A7C79

split-complementary

#481A7C #7C791A #1D7C1A

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2B0F49 #481A7C #6525AF #833BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#481A7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#481A7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A7C

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A7C	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.153 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ca3',
    500: '#481a7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a7c;
$custom-light: #815ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.163,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34818,
    "c": 0.15332,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A7C

secondary

#7CB042

accent

#E84099

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A7C

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

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