#48147B#48147B

#48147B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.158 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48147B
RGB	rgb(72, 20, 123)
HSL	hsl(270, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 84%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 83.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.24, 43.93, -47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.24, 64.79, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(34.12% 0.0809 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(34.12% 0.158 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.4969, 3.3080, 19.0313)
Luminance	0.0331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.45

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48147B #477B14

analogous

#14147B #48147B #7B147A

triadic

#48147B #7B4814 #147B48

tetradic

#48147B #7B1414 #477B14 #147A7B

square

#48147B #7B1414 #477B14 #147A7B

split-complementary

#48147B #7A7B14 #147B14

monochromatic

#0F041A #290B46 #48147B #671DB0 #862DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.64

#48147B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#48147B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48147B

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48147B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48147B	1.00	12.64	1.66	12.64
#FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48147b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 20, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.158 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8159a2',
    500: '#48147b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48147b;
$custom-light: #8159a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48147b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.291,
    "s": 72.028,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34117,
    "c": 0.15837,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48147B

secondary

#75B13A

accent

#EF3993

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48147B

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

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