#48187B#48187B

#48187B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.154 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48187B
RGB	rgb(72, 24, 123)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 80.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.80, 42.29, -46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.80, 63.00, 312.17°)
OKLab	oklab(34.51% 0.0776 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(34.51% 0.154 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.5734, 3.4610, 19.0568)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.06

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48187B #4B7B18

analogous

#181A7B #48187B #7A187B

triadic

#48187B #7B4818 #187B48

tetradic

#48187B #7B181A #4B7B18 #187B7A

square

#48187B #7B181A #4B7B18 #187B7A

split-complementary

#48187B #7B7A18 #1A7B18

monochromatic

#0F051A #2A0E48 #48187B #6622AE #8436D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#48187B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#48187B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48187B

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48187B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48187B	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48187b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 24, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.154 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ba2',
    500: '#48187b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48187b;
$custom-light: #815ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48187b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.091,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34511,
    "c": 0.15438,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48187B

secondary

#79B03F

accent

#EA3E97

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48187B

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

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