#481D77#481D77

#481D77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.144 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D77
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 119)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 75.6%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.26, 38.93, -43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.26, 58.30, 311.89°)
OKLab	oklab(34.72% 0.0738 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(34.72% 0.144 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4408, 3.5883, 17.8025)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.30

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481D77 #4C771D

analogous

#1D1F77 #481D77 #751D77

triadic

#481D77 #77481D #1D7748

tetradic

#481D77 #771D1F #4C771D #1D7775

square

#481D77 #771D1F #4C771D #1D7775

split-complementary

#481D77 #77751D #1F771D

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2A1146 #481D77 #6629A8 #843ED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#481D77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#481D77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D77

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D77	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.144 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805d9f',
    500: '#481d77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d77;
$custom-light: #805d9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.667,
    "s": 60.811,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34724,
    "c": 0.14415,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D77

secondary

#7AAB45

accent

#E44497

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D77

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

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