#481B7B#481B7B

#481B7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.151 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B7B
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 123)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 78%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.27, 40.95, -45.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.27, 61.53, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(34.84% 0.0749 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(34.84% 0.151 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6387, 3.5916, 19.0785)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.59

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B7B #4E7B1B

analogous

#1B1E7B #481B7B #781B7B

triadic

#481B7B #7B481B #1B7B48

tetradic

#481B7B #7B1B1E #4E7B1B #1B7B78

square

#481B7B #7B1B1E #4E7B1B #1B7B78

split-complementary

#481B7B #7B781B #1E7B1B

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2B1049 #481B7B #6526AD #833CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#481B7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#481B7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B7B

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B7B	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.151 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805ca2',
    500: '#481b7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b7b;
$custom-light: #805ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.125,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3484,
    "c": 0.15108,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B7B

secondary

#7CAF43

accent

#E74199

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B7B

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

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