#48158D#48158D

#48158D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.176 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48158D
RGB	rgb(72, 21, 141)
HSL	hsl(266, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 85.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.12, 48.15, -55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.12, 73.75, 310.76°)
OKLab	oklab(35.96% 0.0738 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(35.96% 0.176 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7471, 3.8369, 25.5266)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48158D #5A8D15

analogous

#151E8D #48158D #84158D

triadic

#48158D #8D4815 #158D48

tetradic

#48158D #8D151E #5A8D15 #158D84

square

#48158D #8D151E #5A8D15 #158D84

split-complementary

#48158D #8D8415 #1E8D15

monochromatic

#120522 #2D0D58 #48158D #631DC2 #823BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#48158D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#48158D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48158D

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48158D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48158D	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48158d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 21, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.176 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835baf',
    500: '#48158d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48158d;
$custom-light: #835baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48158d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35956,
    "c": 0.17649,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48158D

secondary

#89C13D

accent

#F137A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #48158D

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

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