#48157C#48157C

#48157C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.158 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48157C
RGB	rgb(72, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(270, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.47, 43.79, -47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.47, 64.89, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(34.3% 0.0798 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(34.3% 0.158 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.5778, 3.3692, 19.3686)
Luminance	0.0337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.52

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48157C #497C15

analogous

#15157C #48157C #7B157C

triadic

#48157C #7C4815 #157C48

tetradic

#48157C #7C1515 #497C15 #157C7B

square

#48157C #7C1515 #497C15 #157C7B

split-complementary

#48157C #7C7B15 #157C15

monochromatic

#0F041A #2A0C48 #48157C #661EB0 #8530DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.55

#48157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#48157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48157C

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48157C	1.00	12.55	1.67	12.55
#FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.158 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815aa3',
    500: '#48157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48157c;
$custom-light: #815aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.709,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34304,
    "c": 0.15848,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48157C

secondary

#77B13C

accent

#EE3A95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48157C

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

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