#481D7E#481D7E

#481D7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.152 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D7E
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 126)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(267, 77%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 77%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.87, 40.80, -46.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.87, 62.13, 311.05°)
OKLab	oklab(35.34% 0.0722 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(35.34% 0.152 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8768, 3.7627, 20.0986)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481D7E #537E1D

analogous

#1D227E #481D7E #781D7E

triadic

#481D7E #7E481D #1D7E48

tetradic

#481D7E #7E1D22 #537E1D #1D7E78

square

#481D7E #7E1D22 #537E1D #1D7E78

split-complementary

#481D7E #7E781D #227E1D

monochromatic

#0F061B #2C124C #481D7E #6428B0 #8242D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#481D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#481D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D7E

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D7E	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.152 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea4',
    500: '#481d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d7e;
$custom-light: #815ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.598,
    "s": 62.581,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35344,
    "c": 0.15219,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D7E

secondary

#82B145

accent

#E6429D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D7E

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

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