#48178E#48178E

#48178E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.176 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48178E
RGB	rgb(72, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.48, 47.65, -55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.48, 73.45, 310.45°)
OKLab	oklab(36.23% 0.0721 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(36.23% 0.176 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8600, 3.9433, 25.9329)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48178E #5D8E17

analogous

#17218E #48178E #84178E

triadic

#48178E #8E4817 #178E48

tetradic

#48178E #8E1721 #5D8E17 #178E84

square

#48178E #8E1721 #5D8E17 #178E84

split-complementary

#48178E #8E8417 #218E17

monochromatic

#130625 #2D0E59 #48178E #6320C3 #823FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#48178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#48178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48178E

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48178E	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.176 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835cb0',
    500: '#48178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48178e;
$custom-light: #835cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36233,
    "c": 0.17589,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48178E

secondary

#8CC040

accent

#EF39A4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #48178E

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

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