#48167E#48167E

#48167E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.160 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48167E
RGB	rgb(72, 22, 126)
HSL	hsl(269, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 82.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.79, 43.90, -48.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.79, 65.51, 312.08°)
OKLab	oklab(34.59% 0.0783 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(34.59% 0.16 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7243, 3.4578, 20.0478)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48167E #4C7E16

analogous

#16187E #48167E #7C167E

triadic

#48167E #7E4816 #167E48

tetradic

#48167E #7E1618 #4C7E16 #167E7C

square

#48167E #7E1618 #4C7E16 #167E7C

split-complementary

#48167E #7E7C16 #187E16

monochromatic

#0F051A #2A0D4A #48167E #661FB2 #8433DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#48167E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#48167E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48167E

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48167E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48167E	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48167e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 22, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.160 299.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48167e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.846,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34588,
    "c": 0.15965,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48167E

secondary

#7AB33D

accent

#ED3B97

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48167E

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

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