#48196B#48196B

#48196B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.136 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48196B
RGB	rgb(72, 25, 107)
HSL	hsl(274, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(274, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 76.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.58, 37.76, -38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.58, 53.85, 314.52°)
OKLab	oklab(33.22% 0.0806 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(33.22% 0.136 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.6734, 3.1346, 14.2132)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48196B #3C6B19

analogous

#1F196B #48196B #6B1965

triadic

#48196B #6B4819 #196B48

tetradic

#48196B #6B1F19 #3C6B19 #19656B

square

#48196B #6B1F19 #3C6B19 #19656B

split-complementary

#48196B #656B19 #196B1F

monochromatic

#110619 #270D39 #48196B #69259D #8B30CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.91

#48196B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#48196B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48196B

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48196B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48196B	1.00	12.91	1.63	12.91
#FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48196b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 25, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.136 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5b96',
    500: '#48196b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48196b;
$custom-light: #7f5b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48196b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.39,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33216,
    "c": 0.13561,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48196B

secondary

#69A13F

accent

#E54388

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48196B

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

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