#481B6A#481B6A

#481B6A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.132 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B6A
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 106)
HSL	hsl(274, 59%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(274, 75%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 74.5%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.84, 36.54, -37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.84, 52.23, 314.39°)
OKLab	oklab(33.38% 0.0785 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(33.38% 0.132 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.6654, 3.2023, 13.9525)
Luminance	0.0320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B6A #3D6A1B

analogous

#201B6A #481B6A #6A1B64

triadic

#481B6A #6A481B #1B6A48

tetradic

#481B6A #6A201B #3D6A1B #1B646A

square

#481B6A #6A201B #3D6A1B #1B646A

split-complementary

#481B6A #646A1B #1B6A20

monochromatic

#110618 #270F39 #481B6A #69279B #8A34CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.80

#481B6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#481B6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B6A

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B6A	1.00	12.80	1.64	12.80
#FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.132 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5c95',
    500: '#481b6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b6a;
$custom-light: #7f5c95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.177,
    "s": 59.398,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33376,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B6A

secondary

#6A9F42

accent

#E34589

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B6A

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

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