#481A6D#481A6D

#481A6D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.137 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A6D
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 109)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 76.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.91, 37.79, -39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.91, 54.41, 313.98°)
OKLab	oklab(33.5% 0.0791 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(33.5% 0.137 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.8016, 3.2207, 14.7810)
Luminance	0.0322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A6D #3F6D1A

analogous

#1F1A6D #481A6D #6D1A69

triadic

#481A6D #6D481A #1A6D48

tetradic

#481A6D #6D1F1A #3F6D1A #1A696D

square

#481A6D #6D1F1A #3F6D1A #1A696D

split-complementary

#481A6D #696D1A #1A6D1F

monochromatic

#100619 #270E3C #481A6D #69269E #8933CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.77

#481A6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#481A6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A6D

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A6D	1.00	12.77	1.64	12.77
#FFFFFF	12.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.137 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5b97',
    500: '#481a6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a6d;
$custom-light: #7f5b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.253,
    "s": 61.481,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33502,
    "c": 0.13656,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A6D

secondary

#6CA241

accent

#E5438B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A6D

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

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