#481D6C#481D6C

#481D6C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.131 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D6C
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 108)
HSL	hsl(273, 58%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 73%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 73.1%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.35, 36.04, -37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.35, 52.22, 313.65°)
OKLab	oklab(33.79% 0.0759 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(33.79% 0.131 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8180, 3.3392, 14.5225)
Luminance	0.0334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481D6C #416C1D

analogous

#211D6C #481D6C #6C1D69

triadic

#481D6C #6C481D #1D6C48

tetradic

#481D6C #6C211D #416C1D #1D696C

square

#481D6C #6C211D #416C1D #1D696C

split-complementary

#481D6C #696C1D #1D6C21

monochromatic

#100618 #28103C #481D6C #682A9C #8839CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.59

#481D6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#481D6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D6C

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D6C	1.00	12.59	1.67	12.59
#FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#01336A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.131 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5d97',
    500: '#481d6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d6c;
$custom-light: #7f5d97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.658,
    "s": 57.664,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33795,
    "c": 0.13144,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D6C

secondary

#6EA144

accent

#E1478D

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D6C

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

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