#481D7A#481D7A

#481D7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.148 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D7A
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 122)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 76.2%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.52, 39.73, -44.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.52, 59.95, 311.51°)
OKLab	oklab(34.99% 0.0732 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(34.99% 0.148 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6238, 3.6615, 18.7663)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.04

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481D7A #4F7A1D

analogous

#1D217A #481D7A #771D7A

triadic

#481D7A #7A481D #1D7A48

tetradic

#481D7A #7A1D21 #4F7A1D #1D7A77

square

#481D7A #7A1D21 #4F7A1D #1D7A77

split-complementary

#481D7A #7A771D #217A1D

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2B1149 #481D7A #6529AB #8340D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#481D7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#481D7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D7A

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D7A	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.148 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805da1',
    500: '#481d7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d7a;
$custom-light: #805da1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.742,
    "s": 61.589,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34987,
    "c": 0.1476,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D7A

secondary

#7DAE45

accent

#E5439A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D7A

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

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