#481C7B#481C7B

#481C7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.150 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481C7B
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 123)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 77.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.44, 40.48, -45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.44, 61.02, 311.56°)
OKLab	oklab(34.96% 0.0739 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(34.96% 0.15 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.6620, 3.6382, 19.0863)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.78

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481C7B #4F7B1C

analogous

#1C207B #481C7B #771C7B

triadic

#481C7B #7B481C #1C7B48

tetradic

#481C7B #7B1C20 #4F7B1C #1C7B77

square

#481C7B #7B1C20 #4F7B1C #1C7B77

split-complementary

#481C7B #7B771C #207B1C

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2B1149 #481C7B #6527AD #833ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#481C7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#481C7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481C7B

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481C7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481C7B	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481c7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.150 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805da2',
    500: '#481c7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481c7b;
$custom-light: #805da2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481c7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.789,
    "s": 62.914,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34956,
    "c": 0.14994,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481C7B

secondary

#7DAF44

accent

#E6429A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481C7B

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

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