#481B76#481B76

#481B76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.145 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B76
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 118)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 77%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 77.1%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.83, 39.63, -43.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.83, 58.81, 312.37°)
OKLab	oklab(34.39% 0.0761 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(34.39% 0.145 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3336, 3.4696, 17.4720)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B76 #49761B

analogous

#1B1B76 #481B76 #751B76

triadic

#481B76 #76481B #1B7648

tetradic

#481B76 #761B1B #49761B #1B7675

square

#481B76 #761B1B #49761B #1B7675

split-complementary

#481B76 #76751B #1B761B

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2A1044 #481B76 #6626A8 #853AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#481B76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#481B76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B76

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B76	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.145 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805c9e',
    500: '#481b76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b76;
$custom-light: #805c9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.67,
    "s": 62.759,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34395,
    "c": 0.14545,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B76

secondary

#77AA42

accent

#E64295

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B76

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

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