#481C72#481C72

#481C72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.140 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481C72
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 114)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 75.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.66, 38.10, -41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.66, 56.09, 312.79°)
OKLab	oklab(34.17% 0.0759 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(34.17% 0.14 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.1243, 3.4231, 16.2544)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481C72 #46721C

analogous

#1D1C72 #481C72 #721C71

triadic

#481C72 #72481C #1C7248

tetradic

#481C72 #721D1C #46721C #1C7172

square

#481C72 #721D1C #46721C #1C7172

split-complementary

#481C72 #71721C #1C721D

monochromatic

#100619 #291041 #481C72 #6728A3 #863ACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#481C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#481C72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481C72

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481C72	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.140 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5d9b',
    500: '#481c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481c72;
$custom-light: #7f5d9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.698,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34169,
    "c": 0.13968,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481C72

secondary

#74A643

accent

#E44492

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481C72

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

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