#481E76#481E76

#481E76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.142 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E76
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 118)
HSL	hsl(269, 59%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 75%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 74.6%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.35, 38.17, -42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.35, 57.20, 311.85°)
OKLab	oklab(34.76% 0.073 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(34.76% 0.142 301)
XYZ	xyz(6.4060, 3.6142, 17.4961)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E76 #4C761E

analogous

#1E2076 #481E76 #741E76

triadic

#481E76 #76481E #1E7648

tetradic

#481E76 #761E20 #4C761E #1E7674

square

#481E76 #761E20 #4C761E #1E7674

split-complementary

#481E76 #76741E #20761E

monochromatic

#0F0618 #2A1245 #481E76 #662AA7 #8440CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#481E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#481E76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E76

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E76	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003574

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.142 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805e9e',
    500: '#481e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e76;
$custom-light: #805e9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.636,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34762,
    "c": 0.14174,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.03614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E76

secondary

#7AAA46

accent

#E34597

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E76

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

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