#481A72#481A72

#481A72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.142 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A72
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 114)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 77.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.32, 39.07, -41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.32, 57.15, 313.13°)
OKLab	oklab(33.93% 0.078 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(33.93% 0.142 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0784, 3.3314, 16.2391)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A72 #44721A

analogous

#1C1A72 #481A72 #721A70

triadic

#481A72 #72481A #1A7248

tetradic

#481A72 #721C1A #44721A #1A7072

square

#481A72 #721C1A #44721A #1A7072

split-complementary

#481A72 #70721A #1A721C

monochromatic

#100619 #290F40 #481A72 #6725A4 #8735D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.60

#481A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#481A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A72

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A72	1.00	12.60	1.67	12.60
#FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.142 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5c9b',
    500: '#481a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a72;
$custom-light: #7f5c9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.364,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33929,
    "c": 0.14217,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A72

secondary

#72A741

accent

#E64290

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A72

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

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