#481F72#481F72

#481F72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.136 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481F72
RGB	rgb(72, 31, 114)
HSL	hsl(270, 57%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 73%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 72.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.20, 36.59, -40.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.20, 54.42, 312.25°)
OKLab	oklab(34.55% 0.0726 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(34.55% 0.136 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1990, 3.5726, 16.2793)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481F72 #49721F

analogous

#1F1F72 #481F72 #711F72

triadic

#481F72 #72481F #1F7248

tetradic

#481F72 #721F1F #49721F #1F7271

square

#481F72 #721F1F #49721F #1F7271

split-complementary

#481F72 #72711F #1F721F

monochromatic

#0F0718 #2A1242 #481F72 #662CA2 #8540CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#481F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#481F72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481F72

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481F72	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003570

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 31, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.136 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5e9b',
    500: '#481f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481f72;
$custom-light: #7f5e9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.639,
    "s": 57.241,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34553,
    "c": 0.13574,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481F72

secondary

#77A647

accent

#E04795

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481F72

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

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