#481E73#481E73

#481E73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.138 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E73
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 115)
HSL	hsl(270, 59%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 73.9%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.10, 37.37, -41.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.10, 55.54, 312.28°)
OKLab	oklab(34.51% 0.0736 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(34.51% 0.138 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2305, 3.5441, 16.5722)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E73 #49731E

analogous

#1E1E73 #481E73 #721E73

triadic

#481E73 #73481E #1E7348

tetradic

#481E73 #731E1E #49731E #1E7372

square

#481E73 #731E1E #49731E #1E7372

split-complementary

#481E73 #73721E #1E731E

monochromatic

#0F0618 #2A1142 #481E73 #662BA4 #853FCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.29

#481E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#481E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E73

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E73	1.00	12.29	1.71	12.29
#FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.138 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5e9c',
    500: '#481e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e73;
$custom-light: #7f5e9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.647,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34506,
    "c": 0.13824,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E73

secondary

#77A746

accent

#E24695

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E73

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

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