#48167B#48167B

#48167B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.156 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48167B
RGB	rgb(72, 22, 123)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 82.1%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.51, 43.14, -47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.51, 63.92, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(34.31% 0.0793 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(34.31% 0.156 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5337, 3.3815, 19.0435)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.74

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48167B #497B16

analogous

#16167B #48167B #7A167B

triadic

#48167B #7B4816 #167B48

tetradic

#48167B #7B1616 #497B16 #167B7A

square

#48167B #7B1616 #497B16 #167B7A

split-complementary

#48167B #7B7A16 #167B16

monochromatic

#0F051A #2A0D47 #48167B #661FAF #8531DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#48167B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#48167B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48167B

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48167B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48167B	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48167b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 22, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.156 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815aa2',
    500: '#48167b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48167b;
$custom-light: #815aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48167b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.703,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34308,
    "c": 0.15643,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48167B

secondary

#77B03D

accent

#EC3B95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48167B

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

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