#481D6F#481D6F

#481D6F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.135 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D6F
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 111)
HSL	hsl(271, 59%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(271, 74%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 73.9%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.59, 36.82, -39.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.59, 53.88, 313.11°)
OKLab	oklab(34.04% 0.0754 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(34.04% 0.135 304)
XYZ	xyz(5.9804, 3.4042, 15.3778)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481D6F #446F1D

analogous

#1F1D6F #481D6F #6F1D6D

triadic

#481D6F #6F481D #1D6F48

tetradic

#481D6F #6F1F1D #446F1D #1D6D6F

square

#481D6F #6F1F1D #446F1D #1D6D6F

split-complementary

#481D6F #6D6F1D #1D6F1F

monochromatic

#100618 #29103E #481D6F #672AA0 #873BCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.49

#481D6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#481D6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D6F

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D6F	1.00	12.49	1.68	12.49
#FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.135 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5d99',
    500: '#481d6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d6f;
$custom-light: #7f5d99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.463,
    "s": 58.571,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34042,
    "c": 0.13492,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.03404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D6F

secondary

#72A344

accent

#E24690

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D6F

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

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