#48156E#48156E

#48156E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.144 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48156E
RGB	rgb(72, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(274, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(274, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.20, 40.29, -40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.20, 57.44, 314.53°)
OKLab	oklab(33.03% 0.0839 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(33.03% 0.144 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.7545, 3.0399, 15.0324)
Luminance	0.0304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48156E #3B6E15

analogous

#1B156E #48156E #6E1567

triadic

#48156E #6E4815 #156E48

tetradic

#48156E #6E1B15 #3B6E15 #15676E

square

#48156E #6E1B15 #3B6E15 #15676E

split-complementary

#48156E #676E15 #156E1B

monochromatic

#11051A #260B3B #48156E #6A1FA1 #8B29D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.06

#48156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#48156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48156E

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48156E	1.00	13.06	1.61	13.06
#FFFFFF	13.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00316C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.144 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5998',
    500: '#48156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48156e;
$custom-light: #7f5998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.382,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33032,
    "c": 0.14362,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48156E

secondary

#68A43A

accent

#EB3D87

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48156E

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

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