#48175A#48175A

#48175A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.120 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48175A
RGB	rgb(72, 23, 90)
HSL	hsl(284, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(284, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 74.4%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.92, 34.59, -29.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.92, 45.69, 319.21°)
OKLab	oklab(31.62% 0.0853 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(31.62% 0.12 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.8241, 2.7289, 9.9435)
Luminance	0.0273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48175A #295A17

analogous

#27175A #48175A #5A174B

triadic

#48175A #5A4817 #175A48

tetradic

#48175A #5A2717 #295A17 #174B5A

square

#48175A #5A2717 #295A17 #174B5A

split-complementary

#48175A #4B5A17 #175A27

monochromatic

#130618 #210B29 #48175A #6F238B #9630BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.59

#48175A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#48175A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48175A

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48175A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48175A	1.00	13.59	1.55	13.59
#FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#162F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48175a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 23, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.120 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5989',
    500: '#48175a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48175a;
$custom-light: #7e5989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48175a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.881,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31624,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48175A

secondary

#53913C

accent

#E24570

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #48175A

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

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