#48177A#48177A

#48177A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.154 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48177A
RGB	rgb(72, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(270, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 81.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.56, 42.46, -46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.56, 62.93, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(34.32% 0.0788 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(34.32% 0.154 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.4909, 3.3956, 18.7220)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.98

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48177A #497A17

analogous

#17177A #48177A #79177A

triadic

#48177A #7A4817 #177A48

tetradic

#48177A #7A1717 #497A17 #177A79

square

#48177A #7A1717 #497A17 #177A79

split-complementary

#48177A #7A7917 #177A17

monochromatic

#0F051A #2A0D47 #48177A #6621AD #8533D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.51

#48177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#48177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48177A

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48177A	1.00	12.51	1.68	12.51
#FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.154 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815aa1',
    500: '#48177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48177a;
$custom-light: #815aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.697,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34315,
    "c": 0.15434,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48177A

secondary

#77AF3E

accent

#EB3D95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48177A

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

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