#48176F#48176F

#48176F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.142 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48176F
RGB	rgb(72, 23, 111)
HSL	hsl(273, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(273, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 79.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.59, 39.67, -40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.59, 57.03, 314.08°)
OKLab	oklab(33.33% 0.0817 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(33.33% 0.142 305)
XYZ	xyz(5.8475, 3.1382, 15.3335)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48176F #3E6F17

analogous

#1C176F #48176F #6F176A

triadic

#48176F #6F4817 #176F48

tetradic

#48176F #6F1C17 #3E6F17 #176A6F

square

#48176F #6F1C17 #3E6F17 #176A6F

split-complementary

#48176F #6A6F17 #176F1C

monochromatic

#100519 #270C3C #48176F #6922A2 #8A2DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.90

#48176F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#48176F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48176F

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48176F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48176F	1.00	12.90	1.63	12.90
#FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48176f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 23, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.142 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5a99',
    500: '#48176f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48176f;
$custom-light: #7f5a99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48176f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.409,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33331,
    "c": 0.14242,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.03138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48176F

secondary

#6BA53D

accent

#E93F8A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48176F

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

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