#481F7A#481F7A

#481F7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.145 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481F7A
RGB	rgb(72, 31, 122)
HSL	hsl(267, 59%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 74.6%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.87, 38.73, -44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.87, 58.86, 311.15°)
OKLab	oklab(35.24% 0.0711 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(35.24% 0.145 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6744, 3.7628, 18.7832)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.45

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481F7A #517A1F

analogous

#1F247A #481F7A #751F7A

triadic

#481F7A #7A481F #1F7A48

tetradic

#481F7A #7A1F24 #517A1F #1F7A75

square

#481F7A #7A1F24 #517A1F #1F7A75

split-complementary

#481F7A #7A751F #247A1F

monochromatic

#0E0618 #2B1349 #481F7A #652BAB #8344CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#481F7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#481F7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481F7A

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481F7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481F7A	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481f7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 31, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.145 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805fa1',
    500: '#481f7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481f7a;
$custom-light: #805fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481f7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.033,
    "s": 59.477,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35236,
    "c": 0.14514,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481F7A

secondary

#7FAD47

accent

#E3459C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481F7A

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

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