#48167D#48167D

#48167D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.159 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48167D
RGB	rgb(72, 22, 125)
HSL	hsl(269, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 82.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.70, 43.65, -48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.70, 64.98, 312.20°)
OKLab	oklab(34.49% 0.0787 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(34.49% 0.159 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6601, 3.4321, 19.7096)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.61

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48167D #4B7D16

analogous

#16187D #48167D #7C167D

triadic

#48167D #7D4816 #167D48

tetradic

#48167D #7D1618 #4B7D16 #167D7C

square

#48167D #7D1618 #4B7D16 #167D7C

split-complementary

#48167D #7D7C16 #187D16

monochromatic

#0F051A #2A0D49 #48167D #661FB1 #8432DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.45

#48167D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#48167D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48167D

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48167D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48167D	1.00	12.45	1.69	12.45
#FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48167d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 22, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.159 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815aa4',
    500: '#48167d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48167d;
$custom-light: #815aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48167d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.126,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34494,
    "c": 0.15858,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48167D

secondary

#79B23D

accent

#ED3B96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48167D

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

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