#48115B#48115B

#48115B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.129 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48115B
RGB	rgb(72, 17, 91)
HSL	hsl(285, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(285, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 81.3%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.07, 37.45, -31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.07, 49.19, 319.58°)
OKLab	oklab(31.04% 0.0919 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(31.04% 0.129 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.7610, 2.5341, 10.1338)
Luminance	0.0253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.67

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48115B #245B11

analogous

#23115B #48115B #5B1149

triadic

#48115B #5B4811 #115B48

tetradic

#48115B #5B2311 #245B11 #11495B

square

#48115B #5B2311 #245B11 #11495B

split-complementary

#48115B #495B11 #115B23

monochromatic

#14051A #1F0727 #48115B #711B8F #9A24C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.94

#48115B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#48115B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48115B

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48115B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48115B	1.00	13.94	1.51	13.94
#FFFFFF	13.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F2E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472135

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48115b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 17, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.129 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e568a',
    500: '#48115b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48115b;
$custom-light: #7e568a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48115b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.595,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31042,
    "c": 0.12855,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48115B

secondary

#4D9434

accent

#EB3C69

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #48115B

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

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