#481E5B#481E5B

#481E5B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.110 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E5B
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 91)
HSL	hsl(281, 50%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(281, 67%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 67%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.29, 31.24, -28.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.29, 42.17, 317.79°)
OKLab	oklab(32.63% 0.0761 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(32.63% 0.11 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.0248, 3.0617, 10.2218)
Luminance	0.0306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E5B #315B1E

analogous

#291E5B #481E5B #5B1E4F

triadic

#481E5B #5B481E #1E5B48

tetradic

#481E5B #5B291E #315B1E #1E4F5B

square

#481E5B #5B291E #315B1E #1E4F5B

split-complementary

#481E5B #4F5B1E #1E5B29

monochromatic

#120817 #240F2D #481E5B #6C2D89 #913CB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.02

#481E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#481E5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E5B

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E5B	1.00	13.02	1.61	13.02
#FFFFFF	13.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#072F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B325A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462939

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.110 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5d8a',
    500: '#481e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e5b;
$custom-light: #7d5d8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.311,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32629,
    "c": 0.11012,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E5B

secondary

#5C9045

accent

#DA4E7A

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E5B

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

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