#48176E#48176E

#48176E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.141 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48176E
RGB	rgb(72, 23, 110)
HSL	hsl(274, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(274, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 79.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.50, 39.42, -40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.50, 56.49, 314.26°)
OKLab	oklab(33.24% 0.082 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(33.24% 0.141 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.7927, 3.1163, 15.0452)
Luminance	0.0312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48176E #3D6E17

analogous

#1C176E #48176E #6E1768

triadic

#48176E #6E4817 #176E48

tetradic

#48176E #6E1C17 #3D6E17 #17686E

square

#48176E #6E1C17 #3D6E17 #17686E

split-complementary

#48176E #686E17 #176E1C

monochromatic

#110519 #270C3B #48176E #6922A1 #8A2CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.94

#48176E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#48176E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48176E

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48176E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48176E	1.00	12.94	1.62	12.94
#FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48176e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 23, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.141 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5a98',
    500: '#48176e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48176e;
$custom-light: #7f5a98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48176e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.793,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33244,
    "c": 0.14133,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48176E

secondary

#6AA43D

accent

#E83F89

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48176E

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

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