#48136E#48136E

#48136E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.146 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48136E
RGB	rgb(72, 19, 110)
HSL	hsl(275, 71%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(275, 83%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 82.7%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.92, 41.10, -41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.92, 58.34, 314.79°)
OKLab	oklab(32.84% 0.0857 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(32.84% 0.146 306)
XYZ	xyz(5.7192, 2.9693, 15.0207)
Luminance	0.0297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48136E #396E13

analogous

#1A136E #48136E #6E1366

triadic

#48136E #6E4813 #136E48

tetradic

#48136E #6E1A13 #396E13 #13666E

square

#48136E #6E1A13 #396E13 #13666E

split-complementary

#48136E #666E13 #136E1A

monochromatic

#11051A #260A3A #48136E #6A1CA2 #8C25D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.18

#48136E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#48136E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48136E

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48136E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48136E	1.00	13.18	1.59	13.18
#FFFFFF	13.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00306C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48136e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 19, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.146 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5898',
    500: '#48136e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48136e;
$custom-light: #7f5898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48136e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.945,
    "s": 70.543,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32835,
    "c": 0.14576,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.02969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48136E

secondary

#65A538

accent

#ED3A85

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48136E

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

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