#481E72#481E72

#481E72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.137 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E72
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 114)
HSL	hsl(270, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 73.7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.02, 37.10, -40.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.02, 54.98, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(34.42% 0.0738 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(34.42% 0.137 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.1733, 3.5212, 16.2707)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E72 #48721E

analogous

#1E1E72 #481E72 #721E72

triadic

#481E72 #72481E #1E7248

tetradic

#481E72 #721E1E #48721E #1E7272

square

#481E72 #721E1E #48721E #1E7272

split-complementary

#481E72 #72721E #1E721E

monochromatic

#0F0618 #291142 #481E72 #672BA2 #853ECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.32

#481E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#481E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E72

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E72	1.00	12.32	1.70	12.32
#FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.137 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5e9b',
    500: '#481e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e72;
$custom-light: #7f5e9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34422,
    "c": 0.13708,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E72

secondary

#76A646

accent

#E24694

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E72

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

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