#48187A#48187A

#48187A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.153 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48187A
RGB	rgb(72, 24, 122)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 80.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.71, 42.03, -46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.71, 62.47, 312.29°)
OKLab	oklab(34.42% 0.0779 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(34.42% 0.153 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5111, 3.4361, 18.7288)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.14

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48187A #4A7A18

analogous

#18197A #48187A #79187A

triadic

#48187A #7A4818 #187A48

tetradic

#48187A #7A1819 #4A7A18 #187A79

square

#48187A #7A1819 #4A7A18 #187A79

split-complementary

#48187A #7A7918 #197A18

monochromatic

#0F051A #2A0E47 #48187A #6622AD #8535D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.45

#48187A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#48187A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48187A

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48187A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48187A	1.00	12.45	1.69	12.45
#FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48187a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 24, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.153 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805ba1',
    500: '#48187a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48187a;
$custom-light: #805ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48187a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.388,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34419,
    "c": 0.15329,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48187A

secondary

#78AF3F

accent

#EA3E96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48187A

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

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