#481A7E#481A7E

#481A7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.156 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A7E
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 126)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 79%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 79.4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.38, 42.19, -47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.38, 63.65, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(35% 0.075 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(35% 0.156 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8068, 3.6228, 20.0753)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A7E #507E1A

analogous

#1A1E7E #481A7E #7A1A7E

triadic

#481A7E #7E481A #1A7E48

tetradic

#481A7E #7E1A1E #507E1A #1A7E7A

square

#481A7E #7E1A1E #507E1A #1A7E7A

split-complementary

#481A7E #7E7A1A #1E7E1A

monochromatic

#0E0519 #2B104B #481A7E #6524B1 #833CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#481A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#481A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A7E

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A7E	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.156 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ca4',
    500: '#481a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a7e;
$custom-light: #815ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35001,
    "c": 0.15555,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A7E

secondary

#7EB242

accent

#E93F9B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A7E

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

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