#481B61#481B61

#481B61 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.122 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B61
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 97)
HSL	hsl(279, 56%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 72.2%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.14, 34.29, -32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.14, 47.27, 316.50°)
OKLab	oklab(32.66% 0.0797 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(32.66% 0.122 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.2217, 3.0248, 11.6157)
Luminance	0.0302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B61 #34611B

analogous

#251B61 #481B61 #611B57

triadic

#481B61 #61481B #1B6148

tetradic

#481B61 #61251B #34611B #1B5761

square

#481B61 #61251B #34611B #1B5761

split-complementary

#481B61 #57611B #1B6125

monochromatic

#120718 #240E31 #481B61 #6C2891 #8F36C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.08

#481B61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#481B61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B61

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B61	1.00	13.08	1.61	13.08
#FFFFFF	13.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12315F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452A3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.122 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5b8e',
    500: '#481b61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b61;
$custom-light: #7e5b8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32661,
    "c": 0.12166,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B61

secondary

#609741

accent

#E0487E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B61

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

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