#481B57#481B57

#481B57 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.110 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B57
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 87)
HSL	hsl(285, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(285, 69%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 69%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.43, 31.89, -27.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.43, 41.80, 319.72°)
OKLab	oklab(31.92% 0.0803 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(31.92% 0.11 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.7845, 2.8499, 9.3130)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B57 #2A571B

analogous

#2A1B57 #481B57 #571B48

triadic

#481B57 #57481B #1B5748

tetradic

#481B57 #572A1B #2A571B #1B4857

square

#481B57 #572A1B #2A571B #1B4857

split-complementary

#481B57 #48571B #1B572A

monochromatic

#130717 #210D28 #481B57 #6F2986 #9538B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.38

#481B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#481B57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B57

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B57	1.00	13.38	1.57	13.38
#FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#062C59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472636

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.110 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5b87',
    500: '#481b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b57;
$custom-light: #7d5b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31922,
    "c": 0.1104,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B57

secondary

#548D41

accent

#DC4C70

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9EF

border

#C9C5CA

text

#0A040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B57

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

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