#481E60#481E60

#481E60 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.116 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E60
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 96)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 68.7%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.64, 32.47, -31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.64, 44.95, 316.25°)
OKLab	oklab(32.99% 0.0759 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(32.99% 0.116 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.2477, 3.1509, 11.3958)
Luminance	0.0315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.74

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E60 #36601E

analogous

#271E60 #481E60 #601E57

triadic

#481E60 #60481E #1E6048

tetradic

#481E60 #60271E #36601E #1E5760

square

#481E60 #60271E #36601E #1E5760

split-complementary

#481E60 #57601E #1E6027

monochromatic

#110717 #250F31 #481E60 #6B2D8F #8E3BBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.88

#481E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#481E60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E60

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E60	1.00	12.88	1.63	12.88
#FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17325E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452B3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.116 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5d8e',
    500: '#481e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e60;
$custom-light: #7e5d8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32994,
    "c": 0.11596,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E60

secondary

#629545

accent

#DC4C80

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E60

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

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