#48167A#48167A

#48167A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.155 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48167A
RGB	rgb(72, 22, 122)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 82%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.42, 42.88, -46.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.42, 63.39, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(34.22% 0.0796 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(34.22% 0.155 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4714, 3.3566, 18.7155)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.82

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48167A #487A16

analogous

#16167A #48167A #7A167A

triadic

#48167A #7A4816 #167A48

tetradic

#48167A #7A1616 #487A16 #167A7A

square

#48167A #7A1616 #487A16 #167A7A

split-complementary

#48167A #7A7A16 #167A16

monochromatic

#0F051A #290D46 #48167A #671FAE #8531DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.56

#48167A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#48167A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48167A

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48167A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48167A	1.00	12.56	1.67	12.56
#FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48167a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 22, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.155 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815aa1',
    500: '#48167a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48167a;
$custom-light: #815aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48167a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34215,
    "c": 0.15537,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48167A

secondary

#76AF3D

accent

#EC3C94

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48167A

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

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