#481B77#481B77

#481B77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.147 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B77
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 119)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 77.3%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.92, 39.89, -43.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.92, 59.36, 312.23°)
OKLab	oklab(34.48% 0.0759 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(34.48% 0.147 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3934, 3.4935, 17.7867)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.93

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B77 #4A771B

analogous

#1B1C77 #481B77 #761B77

triadic

#481B77 #77481B #1B7748

tetradic

#481B77 #771B1C #4A771B #1B7776

square

#481B77 #771B1C #4A771B #1B7776

split-complementary

#481B77 #77761B #1C771B

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2A1045 #481B77 #6626A9 #853AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.36

#481B77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#481B77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B77

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B77	1.00	12.36	1.70	12.36
#FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.147 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805c9f',
    500: '#481b77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b77;
$custom-light: #805c9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.348,
    "s": 63.014,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34483,
    "c": 0.14658,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B77

secondary

#78AB42

accent

#E64296

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B77

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

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