#481D7F#481D7F

#481D7F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.153 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D7F
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 127)
HSL	hsl(266, 63%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 77%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 77.2%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.96, 41.07, -47.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.96, 62.68, 310.94°)
OKLab	oklab(35.43% 0.0719 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(35.43% 0.153 298)
XYZ	xyz(6.9416, 3.7886, 20.4401)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481D7F #547F1D

analogous

#1D237F #481D7F #791D7F

triadic

#481D7F #7F481D #1D7F48

tetradic

#481D7F #7F1D23 #547F1D #1D7F79

square

#481D7F #7F1D23 #547F1D #1D7F79

split-complementary

#481D7F #7F791D #237F1D

monochromatic

#10061B #2C124D #481D7F #6428B1 #8242D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#481D7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#481D7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D7F

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D7F	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.153 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea5',
    500: '#481d7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d7f;
$custom-light: #815ea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.327,
    "s": 62.821,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35434,
    "c": 0.15334,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.03789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D7F

secondary

#83B245

accent

#E6429E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D7F

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

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