#481F7B#481F7B

#481F7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.146 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481F7B
RGB	rgb(72, 31, 123)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 74.8%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.96, 39.00, -44.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.96, 59.41, 311.04°)
OKLab	oklab(35.32% 0.0709 -0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(35.32% 0.146 299)
XYZ	xyz(6.7367, 3.7877, 19.1112)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.38

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481F7B #527B1F

analogous

#1F247B #481F7B #761F7B

triadic

#481F7B #7B481F #1F7B48

tetradic

#481F7B #7B1F24 #527B1F #1F7B76

square

#481F7B #7B1F24 #527B1F #1F7B76

split-complementary

#481F7B #7B761F #247B1F

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2B134A #481F7B #652BAC #8344D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#481F7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#481F7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481F7B

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481F7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481F7B	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)

#00377E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481f7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 31, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.146 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805fa2',
    500: '#481f7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481f7b;
$custom-light: #805fa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481f7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.739,
    "s": 59.74,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35323,
    "c": 0.14632,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.03788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481F7B

secondary

#80AE48

accent

#E3459C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481F7B

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