#48196C#48196C

#48196C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.137 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48196C
RGB	rgb(72, 25, 108)
HSL	hsl(274, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(274, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 76.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.66, 38.01, -38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.66, 54.39, 314.33°)
OKLab	oklab(33.3% 0.0804 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(33.3% 0.137 306)
XYZ	xyz(5.7263, 3.1557, 14.4919)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48196C #3D6C19

analogous

#1E196C #48196C #6C1966

triadic

#48196C #6C4819 #196C48

tetradic

#48196C #6C1E19 #3D6C19 #19666C

square

#48196C #6C1E19 #3D6C19 #19666C

split-complementary

#48196C #666C19 #196C1E

monochromatic

#110619 #270D3A #48196C #69259E #8A30CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.87

#48196C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#48196C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48196C

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48196C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48196C	1.00	12.87	1.63	12.87
#FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48196c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 25, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.137 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5b97',
    500: '#48196c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48196c;
$custom-light: #7f5b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48196c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.976,
    "s": 62.406,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.333,
    "c": 0.13671,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.03156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48196C

secondary

#6AA13F

accent

#E54289

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48196C

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

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