#48157D#48157D

#48157D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.160 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48157D
RGB	rgb(72, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(269, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 83.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.56, 44.05, -48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.56, 65.42, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(34.4% 0.0795 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(34.4% 0.16 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6414, 3.3946, 19.7034)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.46

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48157D #4A7D15

analogous

#15167D #48157D #7C157D

triadic

#48157D #7D4815 #157D48

tetradic

#48157D #7D1516 #4A7D15 #157D7C

square

#48157D #7D1516 #4A7D15 #157D7C

split-complementary

#48157D #7D7C15 #167D15

monochromatic

#0F041A #2A0C49 #48157D #661EB1 #8530DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.51

#48157D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#48157D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48157D

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48157D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48157D	1.00	12.51	1.68	12.51
#FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.160 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815aa4',
    500: '#48157d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48157d;
$custom-light: #815aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.423,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34399,
    "c": 0.15954,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48157D

secondary

#78B23C

accent

#EE3A96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48157D

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

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