#48137E#48137E

#48137E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.162 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48137E
RGB	rgb(72, 19, 126)
HSL	hsl(270, 74%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 84.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.39, 45.06, -49.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.39, 66.77, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(34.31% 0.0806 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(34.31% 0.162 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6703, 3.3497, 20.0298)
Luminance	0.0335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48137E #497E13

analogous

#13137E #48137E #7D137E

triadic

#48137E #7E4813 #137E48

tetradic

#48137E #7E1313 #497E13 #137E7D

square

#48137E #7E1313 #497E13 #137E7D

split-complementary

#48137E #7E7D13 #137E13

monochromatic

#0F041B #2A0B49 #48137E #661BB3 #852CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.57

#48137E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#48137E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48137E

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48137E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48137E	1.00	12.57	1.67	12.57
#FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48137e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 19, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.162 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8159a4',
    500: '#48137e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48137e;
$custom-light: #8159a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48137e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.72,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34312,
    "c": 0.16241,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48137E

secondary

#77B439

accent

#F03795

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48137E

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

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