#481B75#481B75

#481B75 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.144 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B75
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 117)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 77%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 76.9%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.75, 39.37, -42.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.75, 58.26, 312.51°)
OKLab	oklab(34.31% 0.0763 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(34.31% 0.144 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2745, 3.4459, 17.1607)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B75 #48751B

analogous

#1B1B75 #481B75 #751B75

triadic

#481B75 #75481B #1B7548

tetradic

#481B75 #751B1B #48751B #1B7575

square

#481B75 #751B1B #48751B #1B7575

split-complementary

#481B75 #75751B #1B751B

monochromatic

#0F0619 #291043 #481B75 #6726A7 #8539D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#481B75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#481B75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B75

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B75	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.144 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805c9d',
    500: '#481b75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b75;
$custom-light: #805c9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34308,
    "c": 0.14433,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B75

secondary

#76A942

accent

#E64294

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B75

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

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