#48175E#48175E

#48175E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.124 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48175E
RGB	rgb(72, 23, 94)
HSL	hsl(281, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(281, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 75.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.22, 35.53, -32.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.22, 47.84, 317.95°)
OKLab	oklab(31.93% 0.0849 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(31.93% 0.124 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.9989, 2.7988, 10.8644)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.59

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48175E #2D5E17

analogous

#24175E #48175E #5E1751

triadic

#48175E #5E4817 #175E48

tetradic

#48175E #5E2417 #2D5E17 #17515E

square

#48175E #5E2417 #2D5E17 #17515E

split-complementary

#48175E #515E17 #175E24

monochromatic

#130619 #220B2D #48175E #6E238F #932FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.46

#48175E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#48175E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48175E

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48175E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48175E	1.00	13.46	1.56	13.46
#FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11305C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48175e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 23, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.124 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e598c',
    500: '#48175e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48175e;
$custom-light: #7e598c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48175e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.408,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31929,
    "c": 0.124,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48175E

secondary

#58953C

accent

#E44476

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #48175E

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

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