#48177E#48177E

#48177E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.159 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48177E
RGB	rgb(72, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(269, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.93, 43.49, -48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.93, 65.06, 311.95°)
OKLab	oklab(34.69% 0.0775 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(34.69% 0.159 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7438, 3.4968, 20.0543)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48177E #4D7E17

analogous

#17197E #48177E #7C177E

triadic

#48177E #7E4817 #177E48

tetradic

#48177E #7E1719 #4D7E17 #177E7C

square

#48177E #7E1719 #4D7E17 #177E7C

split-complementary

#48177E #7E7C17 #197E17

monochromatic

#0F051A #2A0E4A #48177E #6620B2 #8435DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.36

#48177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#48177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48177E

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48177E	1.00	12.36	1.70	12.36
#FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.159 299.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.544,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34687,
    "c": 0.15867,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48177E

secondary

#7BB33E

accent

#EC3C98

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48177E

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

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