#481A6E#481A6E

#481A6E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.138 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A6E
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 110)
HSL	hsl(273, 62%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 76.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.99, 38.04, -39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.99, 54.96, 313.80°)
OKLab	oklab(33.59% 0.0789 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(33.59% 0.138 305)
XYZ	xyz(5.8557, 3.2423, 15.0662)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A6E #406E1A

analogous

#1E1A6E #481A6E #6E1A6A

triadic

#481A6E #6E481A #1A6E48

tetradic

#481A6E #6E1E1A #406E1A #1A6A6E

square

#481A6E #6E1E1A #406E1A #1A6A6E

split-complementary

#481A6E #6A6E1A #1A6E1E

monochromatic

#100619 #280E3D #481A6E #6826A0 #8934CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.74

#481A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#481A6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A6E

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A6E	1.00	12.74	1.65	12.74
#FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.138 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5b98',
    500: '#481a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a6e;
$custom-light: #7f5b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.857,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33587,
    "c": 0.13768,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.03242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A6E

secondary

#6DA341

accent

#E5438C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A6E

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

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