#48187E#48187E

#48187E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.158 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48187E
RGB	rgb(72, 24, 126)
HSL	hsl(268, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(268, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 81%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.08, 43.07, -48.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.08, 64.60, 311.81°)
OKLab	oklab(34.79% 0.0767 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(34.79% 0.158 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7641, 3.5373, 20.0610)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48187E #4E7E18

analogous

#181B7E #48187E #7B187E

triadic

#48187E #7E4818 #187E48

tetradic

#48187E #7E181B #4E7E18 #187E7B

square

#48187E #7E181B #4E7E18 #187E7B

split-complementary

#48187E #7E7B18 #1B7E18

monochromatic

#0F051A #2B0E4B #48187E #6522B1 #8337D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.30

#48187E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#48187E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48187E

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48187E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48187E	1.00	12.30	1.71	12.30
#FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48187e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 24, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.158 299.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48187e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34788,
    "c": 0.15766,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48187E

secondary

#7CB23F

accent

#EB3D99

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48187E

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

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