#481A71#481A71

#481A71 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.141 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A71
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 113)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 77%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.24, 38.81, -41.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.24, 56.60, 313.29°)
OKLab	oklab(33.84% 0.0783 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(33.84% 0.141 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0218, 3.3088, 15.9410)
Luminance	0.0331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A71 #43711A

analogous

#1C1A71 #481A71 #711A6F

triadic

#481A71 #71481A #1A7148

tetradic

#481A71 #711C1A #43711A #1A6F71

square

#481A71 #711C1A #43711A #1A6F71

split-complementary

#481A71 #6F711A #1A711C

monochromatic

#100619 #280F3F #481A71 #6825A3 #8735D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.64

#481A71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#481A71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A71

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A71	1.00	12.64	1.66	12.64
#FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#402F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.141 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5b9a',
    500: '#481a71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a71;
$custom-light: #7f5b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.724,
    "s": 62.59,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33843,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A71

secondary

#70A641

accent

#E6428F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A71

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

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