#48156B#48156B

#48156B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.140 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48156B
RGB	rgb(72, 21, 107)
HSL	hsl(276, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(276, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 80.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.95, 39.55, -39.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.95, 55.84, 315.10°)
OKLab	oklab(32.77% 0.0846 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(32.77% 0.14 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5939, 2.9757, 14.1867)
Luminance	0.0298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48156B #386B15

analogous

#1D156B #48156B #6B1563

triadic

#48156B #6B4815 #156B48

tetradic

#48156B #6B1D15 #386B15 #15636B

square

#48156B #6B1D15 #386B15 #15636B

split-complementary

#48156B #636B15 #156B1D

monochromatic

#11051A #260B38 #48156B #6A1F9E #8D29D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.16

#48156B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#48156B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48156B

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48156B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48156B	1.00	13.16	1.60	13.16
#FFFFFF	13.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48156b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 21, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.140 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5996',
    500: '#48156b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48156b;
$custom-light: #7f5996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48156b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.581,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32772,
    "c": 0.14043,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48156B

secondary

#64A23A

accent

#EA3E84

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48156B

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

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