#481A5E#481A5E

#481A5E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.120 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A5E
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 94)
HSL	hsl(281, 57%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(281, 72%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 72.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.74, 34.06, -31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.74, 46.20, 317.51°)
OKLab	oklab(32.3% 0.0813 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(32.3% 0.12 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.0619, 2.9248, 10.8854)
Luminance	0.0293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.91

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A5E #305E1A

analogous

#261A5E #481A5E #5E1A52

triadic

#481A5E #5E481A #1A5E48

tetradic

#481A5E #5E261A #305E1A #1A525E

square

#481A5E #5E261A #305E1A #1A525E

split-complementary

#481A5E #525E1A #1A5E26

monochromatic

#120718 #230D2E #481A5E #6D278E #9135BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.25

#481A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#481A5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A5E

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A5E	1.00	13.25	1.59	13.25
#FFFFFF	13.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14315C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462839

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.120 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5b8c',
    500: '#481a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a5e;
$custom-light: #7e5b8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.588,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32301,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A5E

secondary

#5B9440

accent

#E04879

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A5E

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

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