#481B62#481B62

#481B62 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.123 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B62
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 98)
HSL	hsl(278, 57%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 72.4%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.22, 34.53, -33.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.22, 47.82, 316.23°)
OKLab	oklab(32.74% 0.0796 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(32.74% 0.123 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2686, 3.0435, 11.8628)
Luminance	0.0304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B62 #35621B

analogous

#251B62 #481B62 #621B59

triadic

#481B62 #62481B #1B6248

tetradic

#481B62 #62251B #35621B #1B5962

square

#481B62 #62251B #35621B #1B5962

split-complementary

#481B62 #59621B #1B6225

monochromatic

#120718 #250E32 #481B62 #6B2892 #8F35C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.05

#481B62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#481B62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B62

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B62	1.00	13.05	1.61	13.05
#FFFFFF	13.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#113260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452A3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.123 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5b8f',
    500: '#481b62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b62;
$custom-light: #7e5b8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.028,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32738,
    "c": 0.12279,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B62

secondary

#619841

accent

#E04880

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B62

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

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