#481B72#481B72

#481B72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.141 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B72
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 114)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 76.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.49, 38.59, -41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.49, 56.62, 312.96°)
OKLab	oklab(34.05% 0.077 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(34.05% 0.141 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1010, 3.3765, 16.2466)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B72 #45721B

analogous

#1C1B72 #481B72 #721B71

triadic

#481B72 #72481B #1B7248

tetradic

#481B72 #721C1B #45721B #1B7172

square

#481B72 #721C1B #45721B #1B7172

split-complementary

#481B72 #71721B #1B721C

monochromatic

#100619 #290F41 #481B72 #6727A3 #8638D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.54

#481B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#481B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B72

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B72	1.00	12.54	1.68	12.54
#FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.141 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5c9b',
    500: '#481b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b72;
$custom-light: #7f5c9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.034,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34048,
    "c": 0.14093,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B72

secondary

#73A742

accent

#E54391

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B72

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

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