#48147D#48147D

#48147D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.160 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48147D
RGB	rgb(72, 20, 125)
HSL	hsl(270, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 84%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.43, 44.43, -48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.43, 65.84, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(34.31% 0.0802 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(34.31% 0.16 300)
XYZ	xyz(6.6234, 3.3586, 19.6974)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.31

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48147D #497D14

analogous

#14157D #48147D #7C147D

triadic

#48147D #7D4814 #147D48

tetradic

#48147D #7D1415 #497D14 #147D7C

square

#48147D #7D1415 #497D14 #147D7C

split-complementary

#48147D #7D7C14 #157D14

monochromatic

#0F041A #2A0C48 #48147D #661CB2 #852EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.56

#48147D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#48147D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48147D

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48147D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48147D	1.00	12.56	1.67	12.56
#FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48147d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 20, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.160 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8159a4',
    500: '#48147d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48147d;
$custom-light: #8159a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48147d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.714,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34306,
    "c": 0.16048,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.03359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48147D

secondary

#77B23A

accent

#EF3995

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48147D

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

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