#481B65#481B65

#481B65 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.126 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B65
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 101)
HSL	hsl(276, 58%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(276, 73%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 73.3%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.45, 35.28, -34.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.45, 49.47, 315.49°)
OKLab	oklab(32.97% 0.0793 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(32.97% 0.126 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.4129, 3.1013, 12.6228)
Luminance	0.0310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B65 #38651B

analogous

#231B65 #481B65 #651B5D

triadic

#481B65 #65481B #1B6548

tetradic

#481B65 #65231B #38651B #1B5D65

square

#481B65 #65231B #38651B #1B5D65

split-complementary

#481B65 #5D651B #1B6523

monochromatic

#110618 #260E35 #481B65 #6A2895 #8D35C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.96

#481B65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#481B65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B65

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B65	1.00	12.96	1.62	12.96
#FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C3263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.126 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5b91',
    500: '#481b65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b65;
$custom-light: #7e5b91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.486,
    "s": 57.813,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32973,
    "c": 0.12619,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B65

secondary

#649A41

accent

#E14783

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F1

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B65

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

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