#481B6D#481B6D

#481B6D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.135 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B6D
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 109)
HSL	hsl(273, 60%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 75.2%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.08, 37.30, -38.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.08, 53.88, 313.81°)
OKLab	oklab(33.62% 0.078 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(33.62% 0.135 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.8241, 3.2657, 14.7886)
Luminance	0.0327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B6D #406D1B

analogous

#1F1B6D #481B6D #6D1B69

triadic

#481B6D #6D481B #1B6D48

tetradic

#481B6D #6D1F1B #406D1B #1B696D

square

#481B6D #6D1F1B #406D1B #1B696D

split-complementary

#481B6D #696D1B #1B6D1F

monochromatic

#100619 #280F3C #481B6D #68279E #8935CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.70

#481B6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#481B6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B6D

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B6D	1.00	12.70	1.65	12.70
#FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.135 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5c97',
    500: '#481b6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b6d;
$custom-light: #7f5c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.927,
    "s": 60.294,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33624,
    "c": 0.13527,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B6D

secondary

#6DA242

accent

#E3448C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B6D

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

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