#481B7E#481B7E

#481B7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.154 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B7E
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 126)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(267, 79%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 78.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.54, 41.74, -47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.54, 63.16, 311.37°)
OKLab	oklab(35.11% 0.0741 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(35.11% 0.154 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8294, 3.6678, 20.0828)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B7E #517E1B

analogous

#1B1F7E #481B7E #7A1B7E

triadic

#481B7E #7E481B #1B7E48

tetradic

#481B7E #7E1B1F #517E1B #1B7E7A

square

#481B7E #7E1B1F #517E1B #1B7E7A

split-complementary

#481B7E #7E7A1B #1F7E1B

monochromatic

#0E0519 #2B104C #481B7E #6526B0 #833ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#481B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#481B7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B7E

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B7E	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.154 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815da4',
    500: '#481b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b7e;
$custom-light: #815da4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35112,
    "c": 0.15446,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B7E

secondary

#7FB243

accent

#E8409C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B7E

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

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