#481B60#481B60

#481B60 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.121 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B60
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 96)
HSL	hsl(279, 56%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 71.9%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.07, 34.04, -32.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.07, 46.72, 316.77°)
OKLab	oklab(32.58% 0.0798 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(32.58% 0.121 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.1753, 3.0062, 11.3717)
Luminance	0.0301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B60 #33601B

analogous

#251B60 #481B60 #601B56

triadic

#481B60 #60481B #1B6048

tetradic

#481B60 #60251B #33601B #1B5660

square

#481B60 #60251B #33601B #1B5660

split-complementary

#481B60 #56601B #1B6025

monochromatic

#120718 #240E30 #481B60 #6C2890 #9036C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.12

#481B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#481B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B60

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B60	1.00	13.12	1.60	13.12
#FFFFFF	13.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13315E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45293B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.121 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5b8e',
    500: '#481b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b60;
$custom-light: #7e5b8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32584,
    "c": 0.12052,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B60

secondary

#5F9641

accent

#DF487D

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B60

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

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