#48185B#48185B

#48185B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.119 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48185B
RGB	rgb(72, 24, 91)
HSL	hsl(283, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(283, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 73.6%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.17, 34.34, -30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.17, 45.68, 318.74°)
OKLab	oklab(31.82% 0.084 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(31.82% 0.119 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.8871, 2.7865, 10.1759)
Luminance	0.0279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48185B #2B5B18

analogous

#26185B #48185B #5B184D

triadic

#48185B #5B4818 #185B48

tetradic

#48185B #5B2618 #2B5B18 #184D5B

square

#48185B #5B2618 #2B5B18 #184D5B

split-complementary

#48185B #4D5B18 #185B26

monochromatic

#130618 #220B2B #48185B #6E258B #9532BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.49

#48185B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#48185B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48185B

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48185B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48185B	1.00	13.49	1.56	13.49
#FFFFFF	13.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48185b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 24, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.119 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e598a',
    500: '#48185b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48185b;
$custom-light: #7e598a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48185b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.985,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31821,
    "c": 0.11936,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48185B

secondary

#55923D

accent

#E14672

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #48185B

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

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