#481A73#481A73

#481A73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.143 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A73
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 115)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 77.4%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.41, 39.32, -42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.41, 57.69, 312.97°)
OKLab	oklab(34.02% 0.0778 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(34.02% 0.143 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.1357, 3.3543, 16.5405)
Luminance	0.0335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A73 #45731A

analogous

#1B1A73 #481A73 #731A72

triadic

#481A73 #73481A #1A7348

tetradic

#481A73 #731B1A #45731A #1A7273

square

#481A73 #731B1A #45731A #1A7273

split-complementary

#481A73 #72731A #1A731B

monochromatic

#100619 #290F41 #481A73 #6725A5 #8636D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.57

#481A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#481A73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A73

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A73	1.00	12.57	1.67	12.57
#FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003371

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.143 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805c9c',
    500: '#481a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a73;
$custom-light: #805c9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.011,
    "s": 63.121,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34016,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A73

secondary

#73A841

accent

#E64291

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A73

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

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