#48196E#48196E

#48196E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.139 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48196E
RGB	rgb(72, 25, 110)
HSL	hsl(273, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 77.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.82, 38.51, -39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.82, 55.48, 313.96°)
OKLab	oklab(33.47% 0.0799 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(33.47% 0.139 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.8340, 3.1988, 15.0589)
Luminance	0.0320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48196E #3F6E19

analogous

#1D196E #48196E #6E196A

triadic

#48196E #6E4819 #196E48

tetradic

#48196E #6E1D19 #3F6E19 #196A6E

square

#48196E #6E1D19 #3F6E19 #196A6E

split-complementary

#48196E #6A6E19 #196E1D

monochromatic

#100619 #270E3C #48196E #6924A0 #8931D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.81

#48196E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#48196E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48196E

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48196E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48196E	1.00	12.81	1.64	12.81
#FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48196e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 25, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.139 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5b98',
    500: '#48196e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48196e;
$custom-light: #7f5b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48196e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.176,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33469,
    "c": 0.13893,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48196E

secondary

#6CA33F

accent

#E6428B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48196E

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

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