#481A7D#481A7D

#481A7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.154 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A7D
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 125)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 79%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 79.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.29, 41.93, -47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.29, 63.11, 311.64°)
OKLab	oklab(34.91% 0.0752 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(34.91% 0.154 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7426, 3.5971, 19.7371)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.29

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A7D #4F7D1A

analogous

#1A1D7D #481A7D #7A1A7D

triadic

#481A7D #7D481A #1A7D48

tetradic

#481A7D #7D1A1D #4F7D1A #1A7D7A

square

#481A7D #7D1A1D #4F7D1A #1A7D7A

split-complementary

#481A7D #7D7A1A #1D7D1A

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2B0F4A #481A7D #6525B0 #833BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.21

#481A7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#481A7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A7D

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A7D	1.00	12.21	1.72	12.21
#FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.154 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ca3',
    500: '#481a7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a7d;
$custom-light: #815ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.879,
    "s": 65.563,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34909,
    "c": 0.15444,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A7D

secondary

#7DB142

accent

#E93F9A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A7D

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

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