#48176B#48176B

#48176B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.138 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48176B
RGB	rgb(72, 23, 107)
HSL	hsl(275, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(275, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 78.5%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.25, 38.68, -38.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.25, 54.87, 314.82°)
OKLab	oklab(32.99% 0.0826 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(32.99% 0.138 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.6322, 3.0521, 14.1995)
Luminance	0.0305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48176B #3A6B17

analogous

#1E176B #48176B #6B1764

triadic

#48176B #6B4817 #176B48

tetradic

#48176B #6B1E17 #3A6B17 #17646B

square

#48176B #6B1E17 #3A6B17 #17646B

split-complementary

#48176B #646B17 #176B1E

monochromatic

#110519 #260C39 #48176B #6A229D #8C2DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.04

#48176B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#48176B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48176B

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48176B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48176B	1.00	13.04	1.61	13.04
#FFFFFF	13.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48176b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 23, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.138 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5a96',
    500: '#48176b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48176b;
$custom-light: #7f5a96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48176b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32987,
    "c": 0.13808,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48176B

secondary

#67A13D

accent

#E84086

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48176B

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

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