#48196D#48196D

#48196D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.138 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48196D
RGB	rgb(72, 25, 109)
HSL	hsl(274, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(274, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 77.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.74, 38.26, -39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.74, 54.94, 314.14°)
OKLab	oklab(33.38% 0.0801 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(33.38% 0.138 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7798, 3.1771, 14.7738)
Luminance	0.0318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48196D #3E6D19

analogous

#1E196D #48196D #6D1968

triadic

#48196D #6D4819 #196D48

tetradic

#48196D #6D1E19 #3E6D19 #19686D

square

#48196D #6D1E19 #3E6D19 #19686D

split-complementary

#48196D #686D19 #196D1E

monochromatic

#100619 #270E3B #48196D #69249F #8A31D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.84

#48196D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#48196D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48196D

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48196D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48196D	1.00	12.84	1.64	12.84
#FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48196d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 25, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.138 305.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48196d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.571,
    "s": 62.687,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33384,
    "c": 0.13782,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48196D

secondary

#6BA23F

accent

#E6428A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48196D

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

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