#481C6E#481C6E

#481C6E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.135 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481C6E
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 110)
HSL	hsl(272, 59%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 74.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.33, 37.07, -39.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.33, 53.88, 313.46°)
OKLab	oklab(33.83% 0.0767 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(33.83% 0.135 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9016, 3.3340, 15.0815)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481C6E #426E1C

analogous

#1F1C6E #481C6E #6E1C6B

triadic

#481C6E #6E481C #1C6E48

tetradic

#481C6E #6E1F1C #426E1C #1C6B6E

square

#481C6E #6E1F1C #426E1C #1C6B6E

split-complementary

#481C6E #6B6E1C #1C6E1F

monochromatic

#100618 #28103D #481C6E #68289F #8838CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.60

#481C6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#481C6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481C6E

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481C6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481C6E	1.00	12.60	1.67	12.60
#FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481c6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.135 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5c98',
    500: '#481c6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481c6e;
$custom-light: #7f5c98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481c6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.195,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33832,
    "c": 0.13509,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481C6E

secondary

#6FA343

accent

#E3458E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481C6E

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

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