#48168E#48168E

#48168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.177 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48168E
RGB	rgb(72, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.35, 48.03, -56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.35, 73.86, 310.56°)
OKLab	oklab(36.14% 0.0728 -0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(36.14% 0.177 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8405, 3.9043, 25.9264)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48168E #5C8E16

analogous

#16208E #48168E #84168E

triadic

#48168E #8E4816 #168E48

tetradic

#48168E #8E1620 #5C8E16 #168E84

square

#48168E #8E1620 #5C8E16 #168E84

split-complementary

#48168E #8E8416 #208E16

monochromatic

#120624 #2D0E59 #48168E #631EC3 #823DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#48168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#48168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48168E

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48168E	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.177 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835bb0',
    500: '#48168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48168e;
$custom-light: #835bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36143,
    "c": 0.17673,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48168E

secondary

#8BC13F

accent

#F038A3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #48168E

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

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