#48177D#48177D

#48177D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.158 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48177D
RGB	rgb(72, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(269, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 81.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.84, 43.23, -47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.84, 64.53, 312.06°)
OKLab	oklab(34.59% 0.0778 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(34.59% 0.158 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6796, 3.4711, 19.7161)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.77

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48177D #4C7D17

analogous

#17197D #48177D #7B177D

triadic

#48177D #7D4817 #177D48

tetradic

#48177D #7D1719 #4C7D17 #177D7B

square

#48177D #7D1719 #4C7D17 #177D7B

split-complementary

#48177D #7D7B17 #197D17

monochromatic

#0F051A #2A0D49 #48177D #6621B1 #8435DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#48177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#48177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48177D

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48177D	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.158 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ba4',
    500: '#48177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48177d;
$custom-light: #815ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.824,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34593,
    "c": 0.15759,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48177D

secondary

#7AB23E

accent

#EC3C97

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48177D

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

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