#48177F#48177F

#48177F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.160 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48177F
RGB	rgb(72, 23, 127)
HSL	hsl(268, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(268, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 81.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.03, 43.75, -48.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.03, 65.59, 311.83°)
OKLab	oklab(34.78% 0.0772 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(34.78% 0.16 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8087, 3.5227, 20.3958)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48177F #4E7F17

analogous

#171A7F #48177F #7C177F

triadic

#48177F #7F4817 #177F48

tetradic

#48177F #7F171A #4E7F17 #177F7C

square

#48177F #7F171A #4E7F17 #177F7C

split-complementary

#48177F #7F7C17 #1A7F17

monochromatic

#0F051A #2B0E4B #48177F #6520B3 #8336DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.32

#48177F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#48177F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48177F

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48177F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48177F	1.00	12.32	1.70	12.32
#FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48177f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 23, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.160 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ba5',
    500: '#48177f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48177f;
$custom-light: #815ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48177f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.269,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34781,
    "c": 0.15975,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48177F

secondary

#7CB43E

accent

#EC3C99

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48177F

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

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