#48157E#48157E

#48157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.161 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48157E
RGB	rgb(72, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(269, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.65, 44.30, -48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.65, 65.94, 312.21°)
OKLab	oklab(34.49% 0.0791 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(34.49% 0.161 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7056, 3.4203, 20.0415)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48157E #4B7E15

analogous

#15167E #48157E #7D157E

triadic

#48157E #7E4815 #157E48

tetradic

#48157E #7E1516 #4B7E15 #157E7D

square

#48157E #7E1516 #4B7E15 #157E7D

split-complementary

#48157E #7E7D15 #167E15

monochromatic

#0F041A #2A0C4A #48157E #661EB2 #8431DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#48157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#48157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48157E

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48157E	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.161 299.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.143,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34493,
    "c": 0.1606,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48157E

secondary

#79B33C

accent

#EE3A96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48157E

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

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