#481C74#481C74

#481C74 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.142 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481C74
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 116)
HSL	hsl(270, 61%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 76%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 75.9%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.83, 38.63, -42.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.83, 57.19, 312.49°)
OKLab	oklab(34.34% 0.0755 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(34.34% 0.142 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2394, 3.4692, 16.8605)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481C74 #48741C

analogous

#1C1C74 #481C74 #741C74

triadic

#481C74 #74481C #1C7448

tetradic

#481C74 #741C1C #48741C #1C7474

square

#481C74 #741C1C #48741C #1C7474

split-complementary

#481C74 #74741C #1C741C

monochromatic

#0F0619 #291043 #481C74 #6728A5 #853BD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#481C74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#481C74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481C74

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481C74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481C74	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481c74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.142 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805d9d',
    500: '#481c74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481c74;
$custom-light: #805d9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481c74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34341,
    "c": 0.14196,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481C74

secondary

#76A843

accent

#E44494

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481C74

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

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