#48137C#48137C

#48137C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.160 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48137C
RGB	rgb(72, 19, 124)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 84.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.20, 44.56, -48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.20, 65.73, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(34.12% 0.0813 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(34.12% 0.16 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5425, 3.2986, 19.3569)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.24

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48137C #477C13

analogous

#14137C #48137C #7C137B

triadic

#48137C #7C4813 #137C48

tetradic

#48137C #7C1413 #477C13 #137B7C

square

#48137C #7C1413 #477C13 #137B7C

split-complementary

#48137C #7B7C13 #137C14

monochromatic

#0F041B #290B47 #48137C #671BB1 #862BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.65

#48137C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#48137C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48137C

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48137C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48137C	1.00	12.65	1.66	12.65
#FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48137c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 19, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.160 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8159a3',
    500: '#48137c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48137c;
$custom-light: #8159a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48137c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.286,
    "s": 73.427,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34122,
    "c": 0.16033,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48137C

secondary

#75B239

accent

#F03893

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48137C

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

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