#48186E#48186E

#48186E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.140 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48186E
RGB	rgb(72, 24, 110)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(273, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 78.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.66, 38.97, -40.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.66, 55.99, 314.11°)
OKLab	oklab(33.36% 0.081 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(33.36% 0.14 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8130, 3.1568, 15.0519)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48186E #3E6E18

analogous

#1D186E #48186E #6E1869

triadic

#48186E #6E4818 #186E48

tetradic

#48186E #6E1D18 #3E6E18 #18696E

square

#48186E #6E1D18 #3E6E18 #18696E

split-complementary

#48186E #696E18 #186E1D

monochromatic

#100519 #270D3C #48186E #6923A0 #8A2FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.87

#48186E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#48186E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48186E

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48186E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48186E	1.00	12.87	1.63	12.87
#FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48186e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 24, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.140 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5a98',
    500: '#48186e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48186e;
$custom-light: #7f5a98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48186e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.488,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33355,
    "c": 0.14015,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48186E

secondary

#6BA43E

accent

#E7418A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48186E

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

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