#48186F#48186F

#48186F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.141 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48186F
RGB	rgb(72, 24, 111)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(273, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 78.4%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.75, 39.22, -40.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.75, 56.54, 313.93°)
OKLab	oklab(33.44% 0.0807 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(33.44% 0.141 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8677, 3.1787, 15.3403)
Luminance	0.0318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48186F #3F6F18

analogous

#1D186F #48186F #6F186B

triadic

#48186F #6F4818 #186F48

tetradic

#48186F #6F1D18 #3F6F18 #186B6F

square

#48186F #6F1D18 #3F6F18 #186B6F

split-complementary

#48186F #6B6F18 #186F1D

monochromatic

#100519 #270D3D #48186F #6923A1 #892FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.84

#48186F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#48186F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48186F

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48186F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48186F	1.00	12.84	1.64	12.84
#FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48186f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 24, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.141 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5a99',
    500: '#48186f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48186f;
$custom-light: #7f5a99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48186f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.103,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33441,
    "c": 0.14124,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48186F

secondary

#6CA53E

accent

#E7408B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48186F

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

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