#481F7D#481F7D

#481F7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.149 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481F7D
RGB	rgb(72, 31, 125)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 75.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.13, 39.55, -45.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.13, 60.51, 310.81°)
OKLab	oklab(35.5% 0.0705 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(35.5% 0.149 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8632, 3.8383, 19.7773)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.27

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481F7D #547D1F

analogous

#1F257D #481F7D #771F7D

triadic

#481F7D #7D481F #1F7D48

tetradic

#481F7D #7D1F25 #547D1F #1F7D77

square

#481F7D #7D1F25 #547D1F #1F7D77

split-complementary

#481F7D #7D771F #257D1F

monochromatic

#10071B #2C134C #481F7D #642BAE #8245D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#481F7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#481F7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481F7D

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481F7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481F7D	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481f7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 31, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.149 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805fa3',
    500: '#481f7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481f7d;
$custom-light: #805fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481f7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.17,
    "s": 60.256,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35499,
    "c": 0.14866,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481F7D

secondary

#83B048

accent

#E3449E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481F7D

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

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