#481D79#481D79

#481D79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.146 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D79
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 121)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 76%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.43, 39.46, -44.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.43, 59.40, 311.63°)
OKLab	oklab(34.9% 0.0734 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(34.9% 0.146 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.5622, 3.6369, 18.4417)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.12

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481D79 #4E791D

analogous

#1D2079 #481D79 #761D79

triadic

#481D79 #79481D #1D7948

tetradic

#481D79 #791D20 #4E791D #1D7976

square

#481D79 #791D20 #4E791D #1D7976

split-complementary

#481D79 #79761D #20791D

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2B1148 #481D79 #6529AA #833FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#481D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#481D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D79

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D79	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)

#00357C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.146 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805da0',
    500: '#481d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d79;
$custom-light: #805da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.043,
    "s": 61.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34899,
    "c": 0.14645,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D79

secondary

#7CAD45

accent

#E44399

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D79

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

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