#481B6E#481B6E

#481B6E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.136 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B6E
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 110)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 75.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.16, 37.56, -39.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.16, 54.43, 313.63°)
OKLab	oklab(33.71% 0.0778 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(33.71% 0.136 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.8783, 3.2874, 15.0737)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B6E #416E1B

analogous

#1F1B6E #481B6E #6E1B6B

triadic

#481B6E #6E481B #1B6E48

tetradic

#481B6E #6E1F1B #416E1B #1B6B6E

square

#481B6E #6E1F1B #416E1B #1B6B6E

split-complementary

#481B6E #6B6E1B #1B6E1F

monochromatic

#100619 #280F3D #481B6E #68279F #8836CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.67

#481B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#481B6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B6E

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B6E	1.00	12.67	1.66	12.67
#FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.136 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5c98',
    500: '#481b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b6e;
$custom-light: #7f5c98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.53,
    "s": 60.584,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33708,
    "c": 0.1364,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B6E

secondary

#6EA342

accent

#E4448D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B6E

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

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