#481F6B#481F6B

#481F6B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.127 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481F6B
RGB	rgb(72, 31, 107)
HSL	hsl(272, 55%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(272, 71%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 71%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.65, 34.74, -36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.65, 50.50, 313.46°)
OKLab	oklab(33.98% 0.0737 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(33.98% 0.127 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8157, 3.4193, 14.2607)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481F6B #426B1F

analogous

#221F6B #481F6B #6B1F68

triadic

#481F6B #6B481F #1F6B48

tetradic

#481F6B #6B221F #426B1F #1F686B

square

#481F6B #6B221F #426B1F #1F686B

split-complementary

#481F6B #686B1F #1F6B22

monochromatic

#100718 #28113C #481F6B #682D9A #883DC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#481F6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#481F6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481F6B

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481F6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481F6B	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#073469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423042

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481f6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 31, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.127 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5e96',
    500: '#481f6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481f6b;
$custom-light: #7e5e96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481f6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.368,
    "s": 55.072,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33982,
    "c": 0.12745,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481F6B

secondary

#6F9F47

accent

#DE498E

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481F6B

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

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