#48187D#48187D

#48187D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.157 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48187D
RGB	rgb(72, 24, 125)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 80.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.99, 42.81, -47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.99, 64.07, 311.93°)
OKLab	oklab(34.7% 0.077 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(34.7% 0.157 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.6999, 3.5116, 19.7229)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.94

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48187D #4D7D18

analogous

#181B7D #48187D #7B187D

triadic

#48187D #7D4818 #187D48

tetradic

#48187D #7D181B #4D7D18 #187D7B

square

#48187D #7D181B #4D7D18 #187D7B

split-complementary

#48187D #7D7B18 #1B7D18

monochromatic

#0F051A #2A0E4A #48187D #6622B0 #8437D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#48187D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#48187D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48187D

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48187D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48187D	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48187d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 24, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.157 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ba4',
    500: '#48187d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48187d;
$custom-light: #815ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48187d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.515,
    "s": 67.785,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34695,
    "c": 0.15657,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48187D

secondary

#7BB23F

accent

#EB3D98

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48187D

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

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