#481D69#481D69

#481D69 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.128 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D69
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 105)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 72.4%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.12, 35.27, -36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.12, 50.55, 314.25°)
OKLab	oklab(33.55% 0.0763 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(33.55% 0.128 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.6611, 3.2764, 13.6960)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481D69 #3E691D

analogous

#221D69 #481D69 #691D64

triadic

#481D69 #69481D #1D6948

tetradic

#481D69 #69221D #3E691D #1D6469

square

#481D69 #69221D #3E691D #1D6469

split-complementary

#481D69 #64691D #1D6922

monochromatic

#100718 #271039 #481D69 #692A99 #8A38C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.69

#481D69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#481D69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D69

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D69	1.00	12.69	1.66	12.69
#FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#073367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.128 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5d94',
    500: '#481d69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d69;
$custom-light: #7e5d94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.947,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33552,
    "c": 0.12796,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D69

secondary

#6B9E44

accent

#E0488A

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F1

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D69

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

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