#481B70#481B70

#481B70 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.139 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B70
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 112)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(272, 76%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 75.9%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.33, 38.07, -40.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.33, 55.53, 313.29°)
OKLab	oklab(33.88% 0.0774 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(33.88% 0.139 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.9884, 3.3315, 15.6536)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B70 #43701B

analogous

#1E1B70 #481B70 #701B6D

triadic

#481B70 #70481B #1B7048

tetradic

#481B70 #701E1B #43701B #1B6D70

square

#481B70 #701E1B #43701B #1B6D70

split-complementary

#481B70 #6D701B #1B701E

monochromatic

#100619 #280F3F #481B70 #6827A1 #8737CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.60

#481B70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#481B70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B70

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B70	1.00	12.60	1.67	12.60
#FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.139 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5c9a',
    500: '#481b70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b70;
$custom-light: #7f5c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 61.151,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33877,
    "c": 0.13867,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B70

secondary

#70A542

accent

#E4448F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B70

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

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