#48197A#48197A

#48197A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.152 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48197A
RGB	rgb(72, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 79.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.87, 41.59, -45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.87, 61.98, 312.15°)
OKLab	oklab(34.53% 0.077 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(34.53% 0.152 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.5321, 3.4781, 18.7358)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.31

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48197A #4B7A19

analogous

#191B7A #48197A #79197A

triadic

#48197A #7A4819 #197A48

tetradic

#48197A #7A191B #4B7A19 #197A79

square

#48197A #7A191B #4B7A19 #197A79

split-complementary

#48197A #7A7919 #1B7A19

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2A0F47 #48197A #6623AD #8437D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.38

#48197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#48197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48197A

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48197A	1.00	12.38	1.70	12.38
#FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.152 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805ba1',
    500: '#48197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48197a;
$custom-light: #805ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.072,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34526,
    "c": 0.15221,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48197A

secondary

#79AF40

accent

#E93F97

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48197A

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

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