#48168D#48168D

#48168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.176 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48168D
RGB	rgb(72, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.25, 47.77, -55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.25, 73.35, 310.64°)
OKLab	oklab(36.04% 0.0731 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(36.04% 0.176 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7658, 3.8744, 25.5328)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48168D #5B8D16

analogous

#16208D #48168D #84168D

triadic

#48168D #8D4816 #168D48

tetradic

#48168D #8D1620 #5B8D16 #168D84

square

#48168D #8D1620 #5B8D16 #168D84

split-complementary

#48168D #8D8416 #208D16

monochromatic

#120523 #2D0E58 #48168D #631EC2 #823DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#48168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#48168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48168D

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48168D	1.00	11.83	1.78	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.176 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835baf',
    500: '#48168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48168d;
$custom-light: #835baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.21,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36044,
    "c": 0.17566,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48168D

secondary

#8AC13E

accent

#F038A3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #48168D

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

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