#481B74#481B74

#481B74 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.143 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B74
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 116)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 77%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 76.7%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.66, 39.11, -42.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.66, 57.72, 312.66°)
OKLab	oklab(34.22% 0.0766 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(34.22% 0.143 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.2161, 3.4225, 16.8527)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B74 #47741B

analogous

#1B1B74 #481B74 #741B73

triadic

#481B74 #74481B #1B7448

tetradic

#481B74 #741B1B #47741B #1B7374

square

#481B74 #741B1B #47741B #1B7374

split-complementary

#481B74 #73741B #1B741B

monochromatic

#0F0619 #290F42 #481B74 #6727A6 #8639D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#481B74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#481B74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B74

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B74	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.143 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805c9d',
    500: '#481b74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b74;
$custom-light: #805c9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.337,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3422,
    "c": 0.14319,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B74

secondary

#75A942

accent

#E54293

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B74

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

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