#48188F#48188F

#48188F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.176 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48188F
RGB	rgb(72, 24, 143)
HSL	hsl(264, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 83.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.72, 47.52, -56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.72, 73.55, 310.25°)
OKLab	oklab(36.43% 0.0711 -0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(36.43% 0.176 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9557, 4.0139, 26.3369)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48188F #5F8F18

analogous

#18238F #48188F #83188F

triadic

#48188F #8F4818 #188F48

tetradic

#48188F #8F1823 #5F8F18 #188F83

square

#48188F #8F1823 #5F8F18 #188F83

split-complementary

#48188F #8F8318 #238F18

monochromatic

#130626 #2E0F5B #48188F #6221C3 #8242DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#48188F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#48188F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48188F

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48188F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48188F	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48188f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 24, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.176 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835cb1',
    500: '#48188f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48188f;
$custom-light: #835cb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48188f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.202,
    "s": 71.257,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36425,
    "c": 0.17612,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48188F

secondary

#8EC043

accent

#EE3AA5

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #48188F

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

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