#48147E#48147E

#48147E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.162 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48147E
RGB	rgb(72, 20, 126)
HSL	hsl(269, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 84.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.52, 44.69, -49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.52, 66.36, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(34.4% 0.0799 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(34.4% 0.162 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6876, 3.3843, 20.0355)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48147E #4A7E14

analogous

#14157E #48147E #7D147E

triadic

#48147E #7E4814 #147E48

tetradic

#48147E #7E1415 #4A7E14 #147E7D

square

#48147E #7E1415 #4A7E14 #147E7D

split-complementary

#48147E #7E7D14 #157E14

monochromatic

#0F041A #2A0C49 #48147E #661CB3 #852EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.52

#48147E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#48147E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48147E

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48147E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48147E	1.00	12.52	1.68	12.52
#FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48147e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 20, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.162 299.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48147e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.434,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34401,
    "c": 0.16153,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48147E

secondary

#78B33A

accent

#EF3896

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48147E

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

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