#481E7D#481E7D

#481E7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.150 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E7D
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 125)
HSL	hsl(267, 61%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(267, 76%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 76%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.95, 40.04, -46.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.95, 61.05, 310.99°)
OKLab	oklab(35.38% 0.0715 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(35.38% 0.15 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8375, 3.7868, 19.7688)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.06

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E7D #537D1E

analogous

#1E247D #481E7D #771E7D

triadic

#481E7D #7D481E #1E7D48

tetradic

#481E7D #7D1E24 #537D1E #1E7D77

square

#481E7D #7D1E24 #537D1E #1E7D77

split-complementary

#481E7D #7D771E #247D1E

monochromatic

#0F061A #2C124C #481E7D #642AAE #8243D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#481E7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#481E7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E7D

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E7D	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)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.150 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805ea3',
    500: '#481e7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e7d;
$custom-light: #805ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.526,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35375,
    "c": 0.14986,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E7D

secondary

#82B046

accent

#E4439D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E7D

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

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