#48175B#48175B

#48175B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.121 H 314.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48175B
RGB	rgb(72, 23, 91)
HSL	hsl(283, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(283, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 74.7%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.00, 34.82, -30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.00, 46.23, 318.88°)
OKLab	oklab(31.7% 0.0852 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(31.7% 0.121 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.8669, 2.7460, 10.1692)
Luminance	0.0275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48175B #2A5B17

analogous

#26175B #48175B #5B174C

triadic

#48175B #5B4817 #175B48

tetradic

#48175B #5B2617 #2A5B17 #174C5B

square

#48175B #5B2617 #2A5B17 #174C5B

split-complementary

#48175B #4C5B17 #175B26

monochromatic

#130618 #210B2A #48175B #6F238C #9530BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.56

#48175B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#48175B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48175B

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48175B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48175B	1.00	13.56	1.55	13.56
#FFFFFF	13.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#152F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48175b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 23, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.121 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e598a',
    500: '#48175b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48175b;
$custom-light: #7e598a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48175b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.235,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31699,
    "c": 0.12078,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48175B

secondary

#54923C

accent

#E34571

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #48175B

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

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