#481B79#481B79

#481B79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.149 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B79
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 121)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 77.7%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.10, 40.42, -44.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.10, 60.45, 311.97°)
OKLab	oklab(34.66% 0.0754 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(34.66% 0.149 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.5148, 3.5420, 18.4259)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.74

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B79 #4C791B

analogous

#1B1D79 #481B79 #771B79

triadic

#481B79 #79481B #1B7948

tetradic

#481B79 #791B1D #4C791B #1B7977

square

#481B79 #791B1D #4C791B #1B7977

split-complementary

#481B79 #79771B #1D791B

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2A1047 #481B79 #6626AB #843BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.29

#481B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#481B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B79

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B79	1.00	12.29	1.71	12.29
#FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.149 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805ca0',
    500: '#481b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b79;
$custom-light: #805ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.723,
    "s": 63.514,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34661,
    "c": 0.14884,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B79

secondary

#7AAD43

accent

#E74197

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B79

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

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