#481F77#481F77

#481F77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.142 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481F77
RGB	rgb(72, 31, 119)
HSL	hsl(268, 59%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(268, 74%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 73.9%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.62, 37.93, -42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.62, 57.20, 311.53°)
OKLab	oklab(34.98% 0.0717 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(34.98% 0.142 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.4914, 3.6895, 17.8193)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.70

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481F77 #4E771F

analogous

#1F2277 #481F77 #741F77

triadic

#481F77 #77481F #1F7748

tetradic

#481F77 #771F22 #4E771F #1F7774

square

#481F77 #771F22 #4E771F #1F7774

split-complementary

#481F77 #77741F #22771F

monochromatic

#0F0618 #2B1246 #481F77 #652CA8 #8343CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.08

#481F77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#481F77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481F77

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481F77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481F77	1.00	12.08	1.74	12.08
#FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481f77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 31, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.142 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805e9f',
    500: '#481f77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481f77;
$custom-light: #805e9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481f77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.955,
    "s": 58.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34976,
    "c": 0.14162,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481F77

secondary

#7CAB47

accent

#E24699

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481F77

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

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