#481B73#481B73

#481B73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.142 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B73
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 115)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 76.5%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.58, 38.85, -41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.58, 57.17, 312.81°)
OKLab	oklab(34.13% 0.0768 -0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(34.13% 0.142 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.1582, 3.3994, 16.5480)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B73 #46731B

analogous

#1C1B73 #481B73 #731B72

triadic

#481B73 #73481B #1B7348

tetradic

#481B73 #731C1B #46731B #1B7273

square

#481B73 #731C1B #46731B #1B7273

split-complementary

#481B73 #72731B #1B731C

monochromatic

#100619 #290F41 #481B73 #6727A5 #8638D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#481B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#481B73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B73

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B73	1.00	12.50	1.68	12.50
#FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003371

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.142 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5c9c',
    500: '#481b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b73;
$custom-light: #7f5c9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.682,
    "s": 61.972,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34134,
    "c": 0.14207,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B73

secondary

#74A842

accent

#E54392

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B73

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

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