#481B7A#481B7A

#481B7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.150 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B7A
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 122)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 77.9%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.18, 40.68, -45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.18, 60.99, 311.84°)
OKLab	oklab(34.75% 0.0751 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(34.75% 0.15 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.5764, 3.5667, 18.7505)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.66

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B7A #4D7A1B

analogous

#1B1E7A #481B7A #781B7A

triadic

#481B7A #7A481B #1B7A48

tetradic

#481B7A #7A1B1E #4D7A1B #1B7A78

square

#481B7A #7A1B1E #4D7A1B #1B7A78

split-complementary

#481B7A #7A781B #1E7A1B

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2A1048 #481B7A #6626AC #843CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.26

#481B7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#481B7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B7A

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B7A	1.00	12.26	1.71	12.26
#FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.150 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805ca1',
    500: '#481b7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b7a;
$custom-light: #805ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 63.758,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3475,
    "c": 0.14997,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B7A

secondary

#7BAE43

accent

#E74198

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B7A

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

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