#48165E#48165E

#48165E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.125 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48165E
RGB	rgb(72, 22, 94)
HSL	hsl(282, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(282, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 76.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.05, 35.99, -32.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.05, 48.36, 318.09°)
OKLab	oklab(31.81% 0.086 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(31.81% 0.125 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.9794, 2.7598, 10.8579)
Luminance	0.0276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.51

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48165E #2C5E16

analogous

#24165E #48165E #5E1650

triadic

#48165E #5E4816 #165E48

tetradic

#48165E #5E2416 #2C5E16 #16505E

square

#48165E #5E2416 #2C5E16 #16505E

split-complementary

#48165E #505E16 #165E24

monochromatic

#130619 #220A2C #48165E #6E2290 #942DC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.53

#48165E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#48165E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48165E

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48165E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48165E	1.00	13.53	1.55	13.53
#FFFFFF	13.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#102F5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462538

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48165e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 22, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.125 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e588c',
    500: '#48165e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48165e;
$custom-light: #7e588c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48165e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31812,
    "c": 0.12536,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48165E

secondary

#56953B

accent

#E54374

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #48165E

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

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