#481D73#481D73

#481D73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.140 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D73
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 115)
HSL	hsl(270, 60%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 74.8%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.92, 37.87, -41.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.92, 56.09, 312.47°)
OKLab	oklab(34.38% 0.0747 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(34.38% 0.14 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.2056, 3.4942, 16.5639)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481D73 #48731D

analogous

#1D1D73 #481D73 #731D73

triadic

#481D73 #73481D #1D7348

tetradic

#481D73 #731D1D #48731D #1D7373

square

#481D73 #731D1D #48731D #1D7373

split-complementary

#481D73 #73731D #1D731D

monochromatic

#0F0618 #291142 #481D73 #6729A4 #853CCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.36

#481D73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#481D73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D73

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D73	1.00	12.36	1.70	12.36
#FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.140 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5d9c',
    500: '#481d73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d73;
$custom-light: #7f5d9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 59.722,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34379,
    "c": 0.13954,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D73

secondary

#76A745

accent

#E34594

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D73

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

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