#481A5F#481A5F

#481A5F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.121 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A5F
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 95)
HSL	hsl(280, 57%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(280, 73%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 72.6%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.81, 34.31, -31.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.81, 46.74, 317.22°)
OKLab	oklab(32.38% 0.0812 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(32.38% 0.121 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.1071, 2.9429, 11.1233)
Luminance	0.0294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.06

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A5F #315F1A

analogous

#251A5F #481A5F #5F1A53

triadic

#481A5F #5F481A #1A5F48

tetradic

#481A5F #5F251A #315F1A #1A535F

square

#481A5F #5F251A #315F1A #1A535F

split-complementary

#481A5F #535F1A #1A5F25

monochromatic

#120718 #240D2F #481A5F #6C278F #9134BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.22

#481A5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#481A5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A5F

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A5F	1.00	13.22	1.59	13.22
#FFFFFF	13.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13315D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45283A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.121 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5b8d',
    500: '#481a5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a5f;
$custom-light: #7e5b8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32377,
    "c": 0.12086,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A5F

secondary

#5C9540

accent

#E0487A

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A5F

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