#481E77#481E77

#481E77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.143 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E77
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 119)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 74.8%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.44, 38.43, -43.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.44, 57.75, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(34.85% 0.0728 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(34.85% 0.143 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4657, 3.6381, 17.8108)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.50

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E77 #4D771E

analogous

#1E2077 #481E77 #751E77

triadic

#481E77 #77481E #1E7748

tetradic

#481E77 #771E20 #4D771E #1E7775

square

#481E77 #771E20 #4D771E #1E7775

split-complementary

#481E77 #77751E #20771E

monochromatic

#0F0618 #2A1246 #481E77 #662AA8 #8440CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#481E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#481E77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E77

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E77	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)

#00357A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.143 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805e9f',
    500: '#481e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e77;
$custom-light: #805e9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.315,
    "s": 59.732,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34848,
    "c": 0.14291,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E77

secondary

#7BAB46

accent

#E34598

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E77

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

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