#48186B#48186B

#48186B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.137 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48186B
RGB	rgb(72, 24, 107)
HSL	hsl(275, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 77.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.41, 38.22, -38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.41, 54.36, 314.67°)
OKLab	oklab(33.1% 0.0816 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(33.1% 0.137 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.6524, 3.0926, 14.2062)
Luminance	0.0309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48186B #3B6B18

analogous

#1E186B #48186B #6B1864

triadic

#48186B #6B4818 #186B48

tetradic

#48186B #6B1E18 #3B6B18 #18646B

square

#48186B #6B1E18 #3B6B18 #18646B

split-complementary

#48186B #646B18 #186B1E

monochromatic

#110619 #260D39 #48186B #6A239D #8B2ECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.97

#48186B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#48186B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48186B

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48186B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48186B	1.00	12.97	1.62	12.97
#FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48186b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 24, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.137 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5a96',
    500: '#48186b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48186b;
$custom-light: #7f5a96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48186b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.699,
    "s": 63.359,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.331,
    "c": 0.13686,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48186B

secondary

#68A13E

accent

#E64187

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48186B

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

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