#48187C#48187C

#48187C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.155 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48187C
RGB	rgb(72, 24, 124)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 80.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.89, 42.55, -47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.89, 63.54, 312.05°)
OKLab	oklab(34.6% 0.0773 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(34.6% 0.155 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6363, 3.4861, 19.3881)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.99

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48187C #4C7C18

analogous

#181A7C #48187C #7A187C

triadic

#48187C #7C4818 #187C48

tetradic

#48187C #7C181A #4C7C18 #187C7A

square

#48187C #7C181A #4C7C18 #187C7A

split-complementary

#48187C #7C7A18 #1A7C18

monochromatic

#0F051A #2A0E49 #48187C #6622AF #8436D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#48187C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#48187C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48187C

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48187C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48187C	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48187c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 24, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.155 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ba3',
    500: '#48187c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48187c;
$custom-light: #815ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48187c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34603,
    "c": 0.15547,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48187C

secondary

#7AB13F

accent

#EA3D97

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48187C

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

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