#48157F#48157F

#48157F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.162 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48157F
RGB	rgb(72, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(269, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.75, 44.55, -49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.75, 66.47, 312.09°)
OKLab	oklab(34.59% 0.0788 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(34.59% 0.162 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7704, 3.4463, 20.3830)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48157F #4C7F15

analogous

#15177F #48157F #7D157F

triadic

#48157F #7F4815 #157F48

tetradic

#48157F #7F1517 #4C7F15 #157F7D

square

#48157F #7F1517 #4C7F15 #157F7D

split-complementary

#48157F #7F7D15 #177F15

monochromatic

#0F041A #2A0C4A #48157F #661EB4 #8431DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#48157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#48157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48157F

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48157F	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.162 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815aa5',
    500: '#48157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48157f;
$custom-light: #815aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.868,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34588,
    "c": 0.16166,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48157F

secondary

#7AB43C

accent

#EE3997

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48157F

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

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