#481970#481970

#481970 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.141 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481970
RGB	rgb(72, 25, 112)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(272, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 77.7%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.99, 39.02, -40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.99, 56.57, 313.61°)
OKLab	oklab(33.64% 0.0795 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(33.64% 0.141 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.9441, 3.2429, 15.6389)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481970 #417019

analogous

#1D1970 #481970 #70196D

triadic

#481970 #704819 #197048

tetradic

#481970 #701D19 #417019 #196D70

square

#481970 #701D19 #417019 #196D70

split-complementary

#481970 #6D7019 #19701D

monochromatic

#100619 #280E3E #481970 #6824A2 #8832D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.74

#481970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#481970 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481970

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481970	1.00	12.74	1.65	12.74
#FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#402F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 25, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.141 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5b9a',
    500: '#481970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481970;
$custom-light: #7f5b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.414,
    "s": 63.504,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33641,
    "c": 0.14115,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481970

secondary

#6EA540

accent

#E7418D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481970

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

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