#48168F#48168F

#48168F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.178 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48168F
RGB	rgb(72, 22, 143)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 84.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.45, 48.29, -56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.45, 74.38, 310.49°)
OKLab	oklab(36.24% 0.0724 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(36.24% 0.178 294)
XYZ	xyz(7.9160, 3.9345, 26.3236)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48168F #5D8F16

analogous

#16218F #48168F #84168F

triadic

#48168F #8F4816 #168F48

tetradic

#48168F #8F1621 #5D8F16 #168F84

square

#48168F #8F1621 #5D8F16 #168F84

split-complementary

#48168F #8F8416 #218F16

monochromatic

#130625 #2D0E5A #48168F #631EC4 #823EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#48168F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#48168F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48168F

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48168F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48168F	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48168f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 22, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.178 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835bb1',
    500: '#48168f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48168f;
$custom-light: #835bb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48168f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.793,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36244,
    "c": 0.1778,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.03935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48168F

secondary

#8CC13F

accent

#F038A4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #48168F

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

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