#481B6F#481B6F

#481B6F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.138 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B6F
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 111)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(272, 76%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 75.7%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.24, 37.82, -39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.24, 54.98, 313.46°)
OKLab	oklab(33.79% 0.0776 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(33.79% 0.138 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.9330, 3.3093, 15.3620)
Luminance	0.0331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B6F #426F1B

analogous

#1E1B6F #481B6F #6F1B6C

triadic

#481B6F #6F481B #1B6F48

tetradic

#481B6F #6F1E1B #426F1B #1B6C6F

square

#481B6F #6F1E1B #426F1B #1B6C6F

split-complementary

#481B6F #6C6F1B #1B6F1E

monochromatic

#100619 #280F3E #481B6F #6827A0 #8836CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.64

#481B6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#481B6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B6F

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B6F	1.00	12.64	1.66	12.64
#FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.138 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5c99',
    500: '#481b6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b6f;
$custom-light: #7f5c99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33792,
    "c": 0.13754,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B6F

secondary

#6FA442

accent

#E4448E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B6F

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

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