#481B7D#481B7D

#481B7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.153 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B7D
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 125)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 78.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.45, 41.47, -46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.45, 62.61, 311.48°)
OKLab	oklab(35.02% 0.0743 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(35.02% 0.153 299)
XYZ	xyz(6.7651, 3.6422, 19.7446)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.47

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B7D #507D1B

analogous

#1B1F7D #481B7D #791B7D

triadic

#481B7D #7D481B #1B7D48

tetradic

#481B7D #7D1B1F #507D1B #1B7D79

square

#481B7D #7D1B1F #507D1B #1B7D79

split-complementary

#481B7D #7D791B #1F7D1B

monochromatic

#0E0519 #2B104B #481B7D #6526AF #833DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.15

#481B7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#481B7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B7D

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B7D	1.00	12.15	1.73	12.15
#FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.153 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815da3',
    500: '#481b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b7d;
$custom-light: #815da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.551,
    "s": 64.474,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35021,
    "c": 0.15334,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.03642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B7D

secondary

#7EB143

accent

#E7409B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B7D

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

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