#481C6D#481C6D

#481C6D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.134 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481C6D
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 109)
HSL	hsl(273, 59%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 74%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 74.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.25, 36.81, -38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.25, 53.33, 313.64°)
OKLab	oklab(33.75% 0.0769 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(33.75% 0.134 305)
XYZ	xyz(5.8474, 3.3124, 14.7963)
Luminance	0.0331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481C6D #416D1C

analogous

#201C6D #481C6D #6D1C6A

triadic

#481C6D #6D481C #1C6D48

tetradic

#481C6D #6D201C #416D1C #1C6A6D

square

#481C6D #6D201C #416D1C #1C6A6D

split-complementary

#481C6D #6A6D1C #1C6D20

monochromatic

#100618 #280F3C #481C6D #68299E #8838CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.63

#481C6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#481C6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481C6D

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481C6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481C6D	1.00	12.63	1.66	12.63
#FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481c6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.134 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5c97',
    500: '#481c6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481c6d;
$custom-light: #7f5c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481c6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.593,
    "s": 59.124,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33749,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.03312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481C6D

secondary

#6EA243

accent

#E2458D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481C6D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →