#48186D#48186D

#48186D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.139 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48186D
RGB	rgb(72, 24, 109)
HSL	hsl(274, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(274, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 78%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.58, 38.72, -39.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.58, 55.45, 314.29°)
OKLab	oklab(33.27% 0.0812 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(33.27% 0.139 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.7588, 3.1352, 14.7668)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48186D #3D6D18

analogous

#1D186D #48186D #6D1867

triadic

#48186D #6D4818 #186D48

tetradic

#48186D #6D1D18 #3D6D18 #18676D

square

#48186D #6D1D18 #3D6D18 #18676D

split-complementary

#48186D #676D18 #186D1D

monochromatic

#110619 #270D3B #48186D #69239F #8A2ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.91

#48186D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#48186D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48186D

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48186D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48186D	1.00	12.91	1.63	12.91
#FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48186d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 24, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.139 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5a97',
    500: '#48186d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48186d;
$custom-light: #7f5a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48186d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.882,
    "s": 63.91,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33269,
    "c": 0.13905,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48186D

secondary

#6AA33E

accent

#E74189

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48186D

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

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