#481B5E#481B5E

#481B5E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.118 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B5E
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 94)
HSL	hsl(280, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 71.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.92, 33.56, -30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.92, 45.62, 317.35°)
OKLab	oklab(32.43% 0.08 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(32.43% 0.118 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.0844, 2.9699, 10.8929)
Luminance	0.0297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.03

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B5E #315E1B

analogous

#261B5E #481B5E #5E1B52

triadic

#481B5E #5E481B #1B5E48

tetradic

#481B5E #5E261B #315E1B #1B525E

square

#481B5E #5E261B #315E1B #1B525E

split-complementary

#481B5E #525E1B #1B5E26

monochromatic

#120718 #240D2E #481B5E #6C298E #9136BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.17

#481B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#481B5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B5E

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B5E	1.00	13.17	1.59	13.17
#FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15315C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46283A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.118 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5b8c',
    500: '#481b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b5e;
$custom-light: #7e5b8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.299,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32433,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B5E

secondary

#5C9441

accent

#DF497A

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B5E

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

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