#481989#481989

#481989 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.169 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481989
RGB	rgb(72, 25, 137)
HSL	hsl(265, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 81.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.27, 45.53, -53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.27, 69.97, 310.59°)
OKLab	oklab(35.94% 0.0724 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(35.94% 0.169 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5343, 3.8789, 24.0138)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481989 #5A8919

analogous

#192289 #481989 #801989

triadic

#481989 #894819 #198948

tetradic

#481989 #891922 #5A8919 #198980

square

#481989 #891922 #5A8919 #198980

split-complementary

#481989 #898019 #228919

monochromatic

#120621 #2D1055 #481989 #6322BD #8240DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#481989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#481989 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481989

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481989	1.00	11.83	1.78	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 25, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.169 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825cac',
    500: '#481989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481989;
$custom-light: #825cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.179,
    "s": 69.136,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35935,
    "c": 0.16869,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481989

secondary

#89BC41

accent

#EC3CA2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #481989

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

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