#481A57#481A57

#481A57 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.112 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A57
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 87)
HSL	hsl(285, 54%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(285, 70%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 70.1%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.24, 32.41, -27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.24, 42.39, 319.86°)
OKLab	oklab(31.79% 0.0817 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(31.79% 0.112 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.7619, 2.8048, 9.3055)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A57 #29571A

analogous

#2A1A57 #481A57 #571A48

triadic

#481A57 #57481A #1A5748

tetradic

#481A57 #572A1A #29571A #1A4857

square

#481A57 #572A1A #29571A #1A4857

split-complementary

#481A57 #48571A #1A572A

monochromatic

#130718 #210C28 #481A57 #6F2886 #9636B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.45

#481A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#481A57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A57

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A57	1.00	13.45	1.56	13.45
#FFFFFF	13.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#042C59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472536

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.112 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5a87',
    500: '#481a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a57;
$custom-light: #7d5a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.246,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31786,
    "c": 0.11198,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A57

secondary

#538D40

accent

#DD4A6F

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9EF

border

#C9C5CA

text

#0A040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A57

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

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