#481C6F#481C6F

#481C6F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.136 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481C6F
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 111)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 74.8%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.42, 37.32, -39.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.42, 54.44, 313.29°)
OKLab	oklab(33.92% 0.0765 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(33.92% 0.136 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9563, 3.3559, 15.3698)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481C6F #436F1C

analogous

#1E1C6F #481C6F #6F1C6D

triadic

#481C6F #6F481C #1C6F48

tetradic

#481C6F #6F1E1C #436F1C #1C6D6F

square

#481C6F #6F1E1C #436F1C #1C6D6F

split-complementary

#481C6F #6D6F1C #1C6F1E

monochromatic

#100618 #28103E #481C6F #6828A0 #8738CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.57

#481C6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#481C6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481C6F

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481C6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481C6F	1.00	12.57	1.67	12.57
#FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481c6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.136 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5c99',
    500: '#481c6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481c6f;
$custom-light: #7f5c99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481c6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.807,
    "s": 59.712,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33915,
    "c": 0.13624,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481C6F

secondary

#70A443

accent

#E3458F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481C6F

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

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