#48176D#48176D

#48176D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.140 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48176D
RGB	rgb(72, 23, 109)
HSL	hsl(274, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(274, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 78.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.42, 39.17, -39.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.42, 55.95, 314.44°)
OKLab	oklab(33.16% 0.0822 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(33.16% 0.14 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.7386, 3.0947, 14.7601)
Luminance	0.0309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48176D #3C6D17

analogous

#1D176D #48176D #6D1767

triadic

#48176D #6D4817 #176D48

tetradic

#48176D #6D1D17 #3C6D17 #17676D

square

#48176D #6D1D17 #3C6D17 #17676D

split-complementary

#48176D #676D17 #176D1D

monochromatic

#110519 #270C3A #48176D #6922A0 #8B2CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.97

#48176D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#48176D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48176D

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48176D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48176D	1.00	12.97	1.62	12.97
#FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00316B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48176d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 23, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.140 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5a97',
    500: '#48176d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48176d;
$custom-light: #7f5a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48176d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.186,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33158,
    "c": 0.14025,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48176D

secondary

#69A33D

accent

#E84088

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48176D

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

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