#48188C#48188C

#48188C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.173 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48188C
RGB	rgb(72, 24, 140)
HSL	hsl(265, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 82.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.42, 46.73, -54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.42, 71.99, 310.48°)
OKLab	oklab(36.13% 0.0721 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(36.13% 0.173 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7314, 3.9242, 25.1559)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48188C #5C8C18

analogous

#18228C #48188C #82188C

triadic

#48188C #8C4818 #188C48

tetradic

#48188C #8C1822 #5C8C18 #188C82

square

#48188C #8C1822 #5C8C18 #188C82

split-complementary

#48188C #8C8218 #228C18

monochromatic

#120624 #2D0F58 #48188C #6321C0 #8240DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#48188C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#48188C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48188C

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48188C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48188C	1.00	11.77	1.78	11.77
#FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48188c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 24, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.173 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835caf',
    500: '#48188c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48188c;
$custom-light: #835caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48188c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36129,
    "c": 0.17286,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48188C

secondary

#8BBF41

accent

#ED3AA3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48188C

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

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