#481C78#481C78

#481C78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.147 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481C78
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 120)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 76.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.18, 39.68, -44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.18, 59.38, 311.93°)
OKLab	oklab(34.69% 0.0746 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(34.69% 0.147 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4771, 3.5642, 18.1124)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.02

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481C78 #4C781C

analogous

#1C1E78 #481C78 #761C78

triadic

#481C78 #78481C #1C7848

tetradic

#481C78 #781C1E #4C781C #1C7876

square

#481C78 #781C1E #4C781C #1C7876

split-complementary

#481C78 #78761C #1E781C

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2A1046 #481C78 #6628AA #843DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.26

#481C78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#481C78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481C78

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481C78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481C78	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)

#00357B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481c78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.147 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805da0',
    500: '#481c78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481c78;
$custom-light: #805da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481c78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3469,
    "c": 0.14652,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481C78

secondary

#7AAC44

accent

#E54397

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481C78

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

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