#481A70#481A70

#481A70 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.140 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A70
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 112)
HSL	hsl(272, 62%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 76.8%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.16, 38.55, -40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.16, 56.05, 313.45°)
OKLab	oklab(33.76% 0.0785 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(33.76% 0.14 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.9658, 3.2864, 15.6461)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A70 #42701A

analogous

#1D1A70 #481A70 #701A6D

triadic

#481A70 #70481A #1A7048

tetradic

#481A70 #701D1A #42701A #1A6D70

square

#481A70 #701D1A #42701A #1A6D70

split-complementary

#481A70 #6D701A #1A701D

monochromatic

#100619 #280E3E #481A70 #6826A2 #8834D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.67

#481A70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#481A70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A70

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A70	1.00	12.67	1.66	12.67
#FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#402F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.140 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5b9a',
    500: '#481a70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a70;
$custom-light: #7f5b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.093,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33757,
    "c": 0.13992,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A70

secondary

#6FA541

accent

#E5428E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A70

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

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