#481B68#481B68

#481B68 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.130 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B68
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 104)
HSL	hsl(275, 59%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 74%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 74%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.68, 36.03, -36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.68, 51.13, 314.81°)
OKLab	oklab(33.21% 0.0788 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(33.21% 0.13 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.5626, 3.1611, 13.4111)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B68 #3B681B

analogous

#211B68 #481B68 #681B61

triadic

#481B68 #68481B #1B6848

tetradic

#481B68 #68211B #3B681B #1B6168

square

#481B68 #68211B #3B681B #1B6168

split-complementary

#481B68 #61681B #1B6821

monochromatic

#110618 #260E37 #481B68 #6A2899 #8B34C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.87

#481B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#481B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B68

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B68	1.00	12.87	1.63	12.87
#FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#063266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.130 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5c94',
    500: '#481b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b68;
$custom-light: #7e5c94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.065,
    "s": 58.779,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33213,
    "c": 0.12959,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B68

secondary

#689D42

accent

#E24687

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F1

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B68

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

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