#48197B#48197B

#48197B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.153 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48197B
RGB	rgb(72, 25, 123)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 79.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.96, 41.85, -46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.96, 62.52, 312.02°)
OKLab	oklab(34.62% 0.0767 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(34.62% 0.153 300)
XYZ	xyz(6.5944, 3.5030, 19.0638)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.23

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48197B #4C7B19

analogous

#191B7B #48197B #79197B

triadic

#48197B #7B4819 #197B48

tetradic

#48197B #7B191B #4C7B19 #197B79

square

#48197B #7B191B #4C7B19 #197B79

split-complementary

#48197B #7B7919 #1B7B19

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2A0F48 #48197B #6623AE #8438D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.35

#48197B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#48197B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48197B

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48197B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48197B	1.00	12.35	1.70	12.35
#FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48197b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 25, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.153 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ba2',
    500: '#48197b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48197b;
$custom-light: #815ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48197b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.776,
    "s": 66.216,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34617,
    "c": 0.15331,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.03503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48197B

secondary

#7AAF40

accent

#E93F97

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48197B

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

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