#481B71#481B71

#481B71 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.140 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B71
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 113)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 76.1%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.41, 38.33, -40.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.41, 56.08, 313.12°)
OKLab	oklab(33.96% 0.0772 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(33.96% 0.14 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.0444, 3.3538, 15.9485)
Luminance	0.0335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B71 #44711B

analogous

#1D1B71 #481B71 #711B6F

triadic

#481B71 #71481B #1B7148

tetradic

#481B71 #711D1B #44711B #1B6F71

square

#481B71 #711D1B #44711B #1B6F71

split-complementary

#481B71 #6F711B #1B711D

monochromatic

#100619 #290F40 #481B71 #6727A2 #8737CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.57

#481B71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#481B71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B71

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B71	1.00	12.57	1.67	12.57
#FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.140 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5c9a',
    500: '#481b71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b71;
$custom-light: #7f5c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.395,
    "s": 61.429,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33962,
    "c": 0.1398,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B71

secondary

#72A642

accent

#E54390

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B71

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

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