#481B78#481B78

#481B78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.148 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B78
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 120)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 77.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.01, 40.16, -44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.01, 59.90, 312.10°)
OKLab	oklab(34.57% 0.0756 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(34.57% 0.148 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4538, 3.5176, 18.1046)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.83

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B78 #4B781B

analogous

#1B1D78 #481B78 #771B78

triadic

#481B78 #78481B #1B7848

tetradic

#481B78 #781B1D #4B781B #1B7877

square

#481B78 #781B1D #4B781B #1B7877

split-complementary

#481B78 #78771B #1D781B

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2A1046 #481B78 #6626AA #843BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.33

#481B78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#481B78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B78

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B78	1.00	12.33	1.70	12.33
#FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.148 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805ca0',
    500: '#481b78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b78;
$custom-light: #805ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.032,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34572,
    "c": 0.14771,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B78

secondary

#79AC43

accent

#E64197

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B78

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

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