#48177B#48177B

#48177B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.155 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48177B
RGB	rgb(72, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 81.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.65, 42.72, -46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.65, 63.47, 312.31°)
OKLab	oklab(34.41% 0.0785 -0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(34.41% 0.155 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5531, 3.4205, 19.0500)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.90

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48177B #4A7B17

analogous

#17187B #48177B #7A177B

triadic

#48177B #7B4817 #177B48

tetradic

#48177B #7B1718 #4A7B17 #177B7A

square

#48177B #7B1718 #4A7B17 #177B7A

split-complementary

#48177B #7B7A17 #187B17

monochromatic

#0F051A #2A0D47 #48177B #6621AF #8533D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#48177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#48177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48177B

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48177B	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.155 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ba2',
    500: '#48177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48177b;
$custom-light: #815ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.4,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34408,
    "c": 0.15542,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48177B

secondary

#78B03E

accent

#EB3C96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48177B

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

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