#481B69#481B69

#481B69 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.131 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B69
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 105)
HSL	hsl(275, 59%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 74%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 74.3%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.76, 36.28, -36.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.76, 51.68, 314.60°)
OKLab	oklab(33.29% 0.0787 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(33.29% 0.131 307)
XYZ	xyz(5.6137, 3.1816, 13.6802)
Luminance	0.0318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B69 #3C691B

analogous

#211B69 #481B69 #691B63

triadic

#481B69 #69481B #1B6948

tetradic

#481B69 #69211B #3C691B #1B6369

square

#481B69 #69211B #3C691B #1B6369

split-complementary

#481B69 #63691B #1B6921

monochromatic

#110618 #270E38 #481B69 #69289A #8B34CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.83

#481B69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#481B69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B69

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B69	1.00	12.83	1.64	12.83
#FFFFFF	12.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#033267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.131 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5c94',
    500: '#481b69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b69;
$custom-light: #7e5c94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.615,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33294,
    "c": 0.13073,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.03182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B69

secondary

#699E42

accent

#E24688

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F1

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B69

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

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