#481D6E#481D6E

#481D6E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.134 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D6E
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 110)
HSL	hsl(272, 58%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 73.6%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.51, 36.56, -38.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.51, 53.33, 313.28°)
OKLab	oklab(33.96% 0.0756 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(33.96% 0.134 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.9257, 3.3823, 15.0895)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481D6E #436E1D

analogous

#201D6E #481D6E #6E1D6B

triadic

#481D6E #6E481D #1D6E48

tetradic

#481D6E #6E201D #436E1D #1D6B6E

square

#481D6E #6E201D #436E1D #1D6B6E

split-complementary

#481D6E #6B6E1D #1D6E20

monochromatic

#100618 #28103E #481D6E #682A9E #873ACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#481D6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#481D6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D6E

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D6E	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.134 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5d98',
    500: '#481d6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d6e;
$custom-light: #7f5d98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.852,
    "s": 58.273,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33959,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D6E

secondary

#70A244

accent

#E1468F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D6E

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

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