#481988#481988

#481988 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.168 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481988
RGB	rgb(72, 25, 136)
HSL	hsl(265, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 82%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 81.6%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.17, 45.27, -52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.17, 69.45, 310.68°)
OKLab	oklab(35.84% 0.0727 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(35.84% 0.168 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4629, 3.8504, 23.6378)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481988 #598819

analogous

#192288 #481988 #801988

triadic

#481988 #884819 #198848

tetradic

#481988 #881922 #598819 #198880

square

#481988 #881922 #598819 #198880

split-complementary

#481988 #888019 #228819

monochromatic

#110621 #2D0F54 #481988 #6323BC #8240DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#481988 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#481988 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481988

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481988	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481988	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003686

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481988;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 25, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.168 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825cac',
    500: '#481988',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481988;
$custom-light: #825cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481988",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.405,
    "s": 68.944,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35838,
    "c": 0.1676,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481988

secondary

#88BB41

accent

#EC3CA1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481988

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

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