#481D60#481D60

#481D60 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.118 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D60
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 96)
HSL	hsl(279, 54%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 69.8%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.44, 33.00, -31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.44, 45.55, 316.43°)
OKLab	oklab(32.85% 0.0773 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(32.85% 0.118 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.2228, 3.1011, 11.3875)
Luminance	0.0310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.59

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481D60 #35601D

analogous

#261D60 #481D60 #601D57

triadic

#481D60 #60481D #1D6048

tetradic

#481D60 #60261D #35601D #1D5760

square

#481D60 #60261D #35601D #1D5760

split-complementary

#481D60 #57601D #1D6026

monochromatic

#120718 #250F31 #481D60 #6B2B8F #8F39BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.96

#481D60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#481D60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D60

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D60	1.00	12.96	1.62	12.96
#FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15325E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452A3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.118 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5c8e',
    500: '#481d60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d60;
$custom-light: #7e5c8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.507,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32854,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D60

secondary

#619544

accent

#DD4B7F

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D60

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

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