#481C70#481C70

#481C70 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.137 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481C70
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 112)
HSL	hsl(271, 60%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 75%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.50, 37.58, -40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.50, 54.99, 313.12°)
OKLab	oklab(34% 0.0763 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(34% 0.137 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.0117, 3.3781, 15.6614)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481C70 #44701C

analogous

#1E1C70 #481C70 #701C6E

triadic

#481C70 #70481C #1C7048

tetradic

#481C70 #701E1C #44701C #1C6E70

square

#481C70 #701E1C #44701C #1C6E70

split-complementary

#481C70 #6E701C #1C701E

monochromatic

#100618 #29103F #481C70 #6728A1 #8739CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#481C70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#481C70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481C70

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481C70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481C70	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481c70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.137 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5c9a',
    500: '#481c70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481c70;
$custom-light: #7f5c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481c70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33999,
    "c": 0.13739,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481C70

secondary

#72A543

accent

#E34590

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481C70

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

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