#48157A#48157A

#48157A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.156 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48157A
RGB	rgb(72, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(270, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 82.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.28, 43.29, -46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.28, 63.83, 312.70°)
OKLab	oklab(34.12% 0.0804 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(34.12% 0.156 301)
XYZ	xyz(6.4526, 3.3191, 18.7093)
Luminance	0.0332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.68

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48157A #477A15

analogous

#16157A #48157A #7A1579

triadic

#48157A #7A4815 #157A48

tetradic

#48157A #7A1615 #477A15 #15797A

square

#48157A #7A1615 #477A15 #15797A

split-complementary

#48157A #797A15 #157A16

monochromatic

#0F041A #290C46 #48157A #671EAE #862EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.62

#48157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#48157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48157A

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48157A	1.00	12.62	1.66	12.62
#FFFFFF	12.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.156 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815aa1',
    500: '#48157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48157a;
$custom-light: #815aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.297,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34117,
    "c": 0.15636,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.03319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48157A

secondary

#75AF3B

accent

#ED3A93

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48157A

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

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