#481D72#481D72

#481D72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.138 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D72
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 114)
HSL	hsl(270, 59%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 74.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.84, 37.61, -40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.84, 55.54, 312.62°)
OKLab	oklab(34.29% 0.0749 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(34.29% 0.138 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.1484, 3.4713, 16.2624)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481D72 #47721D

analogous

#1D1D72 #481D72 #721D71

triadic

#481D72 #72481D #1D7248

tetradic

#481D72 #721D1D #47721D #1D7172

square

#481D72 #721D1D #47721D #1D7172

split-complementary

#481D72 #71721D #1D721D

monochromatic

#0F0618 #291141 #481D72 #6729A3 #863CCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#481D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#481D72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D72

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D72	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.138 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5d9b',
    500: '#481d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d72;
$custom-light: #7f5d9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.353,
    "s": 59.441,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34294,
    "c": 0.13839,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D72

secondary

#75A645

accent

#E34593

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D72

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

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