#481E79#481E79

#481E79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.145 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E79
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 121)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 75.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.61, 38.97, -44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.61, 58.86, 311.46°)
OKLab	oklab(35.02% 0.0724 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(35.02% 0.145 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.5871, 3.6867, 18.4500)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.32

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E79 #4F791E

analogous

#1E2279 #481E79 #761E79

triadic

#481E79 #79481E #1E7948

tetradic

#481E79 #791E22 #4F791E #1E7976

square

#481E79 #791E22 #4F791E #1E7976

split-complementary

#481E79 #79761E #22791E

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2B1248 #481E79 #652AAA #8341D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#481E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#481E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E79

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E79	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.145 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805ea0',
    500: '#481e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e79;
$custom-light: #805ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 60.265,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35022,
    "c": 0.14522,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E79

secondary

#7DAD46

accent

#E3449A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E79

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

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