#481A59#481A59

#481A59 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.114 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A59
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 89)
HSL	hsl(284, 55%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(284, 71%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 70.8%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.38, 32.88, -28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.38, 43.48, 319.13°)
OKLab	oklab(31.93% 0.0816 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(31.93% 0.114 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.8448, 2.8379, 9.7418)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.29

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A59 #2B591A

analogous

#291A59 #481A59 #591A4A

triadic

#481A59 #59481A #1A5948

tetradic

#481A59 #59291A #2B591A #1A4A59

square

#481A59 #59291A #2B591A #1A4A59

split-complementary

#481A59 #4A591A #1A5929

monochromatic

#130718 #220C2A #481A59 #6E2888 #9536B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.40

#481A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#481A59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A59

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A59	1.00	13.40	1.57	13.40
#FFFFFF	13.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#012C5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.114 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5a88',
    500: '#481a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a59;
$custom-light: #7d5a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.81,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3193,
    "c": 0.11418,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A59

secondary

#558F40

accent

#DE4A72

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A59

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

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