#481C71#481C71

#481C71 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.139 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481C71
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 113)
HSL	hsl(271, 60%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 75.2%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.58, 37.84, -40.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.58, 55.54, 312.95°)
OKLab	oklab(34.08% 0.0761 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(34.08% 0.139 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0677, 3.4005, 15.9563)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481C71 #45711C

analogous

#1D1C71 #481C71 #711C6F

triadic

#481C71 #71481C #1C7148

tetradic

#481C71 #711D1C #45711C #1C6F71

square

#481C71 #711D1C #45711C #1C6F71

split-complementary

#481C71 #6F711C #1C711D

monochromatic

#100619 #291040 #481C71 #6728A2 #8639CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#481C71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#481C71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481C71

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481C71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481C71	1.00	12.50	1.68	12.50
#FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481c71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.139 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5d9a',
    500: '#481c71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481c71;
$custom-light: #7f5d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481c71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.059,
    "s": 60.284,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34084,
    "c": 0.13853,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481C71

secondary

#73A643

accent

#E34491

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481C71

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

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