#481F60#481F60

#481F60 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.114 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481F60
RGB	rgb(72, 31, 96)
HSL	hsl(278, 51%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(278, 68%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 67.7%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.84, 31.92, -30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.84, 44.33, 316.06°)
OKLab	oklab(33.14% 0.0746 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(33.14% 0.114 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.2734, 3.2023, 11.4044)
Luminance	0.0320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.90

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481F60 #37601F

analogous

#271F60 #481F60 #601F58

triadic

#481F60 #60481F #1F6048

tetradic

#481F60 #60271F #37601F #1F5860

square

#481F60 #60271F #37601F #1F5860

split-complementary

#481F60 #58601F #1F6027

monochromatic

#110717 #251032 #481F60 #6B2E8E #8D3DBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.80

#481F60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#481F60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481F60

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481F60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481F60	1.00	12.80	1.64	12.80
#FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#013062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18335E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452C3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481f60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 31, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.114 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5d8d',
    500: '#481f60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481f60;
$custom-light: #7d5d8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481f60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.846,
    "s": 51.181,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33137,
    "c": 0.11438,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481F60

secondary

#639546

accent

#DB4D81

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #481F60

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

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