#481B6C#481B6C

#481B6C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.134 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B6C
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 108)
HSL	hsl(273, 60%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(273, 75%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 75%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.00, 37.05, -38.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.00, 53.33, 314.00°)
OKLab	oklab(33.54% 0.0782 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(33.54% 0.134 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7706, 3.2443, 14.5067)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B6C #3F6C1B

analogous

#201B6C #481B6C #6C1B68

triadic

#481B6C #6C481B #1B6C48

tetradic

#481B6C #6C201B #3F6C1B #1B686C

square

#481B6C #6C201B #3F6C1B #1B686C

split-complementary

#481B6C #686C1B #1B6C20

monochromatic

#100618 #270F3B #481B6C #69279D #8935CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.74

#481B6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#481B6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B6C

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B6C	1.00	12.74	1.65	12.74
#FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.134 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5c97',
    500: '#481b6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b6c;
$custom-light: #7f5c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33541,
    "c": 0.13413,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B6C

secondary

#6CA142

accent

#E3458B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B6C

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

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