#48197C#48197C

#48197C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.154 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48197C
RGB	rgb(72, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 79.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.05, 42.12, -46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.05, 63.06, 311.90°)
OKLab	oklab(34.71% 0.0764 -0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(34.71% 0.154 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6573, 3.5281, 19.3951)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.17

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48197C #4D7C19

analogous

#191C7C #48197C #7A197C

triadic

#48197C #7C4819 #197C48

tetradic

#48197C #7C191C #4D7C19 #197C7A

square

#48197C #7C191C #4D7C19 #197C7A

split-complementary

#48197C #7C7A19 #1C7C19

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2A0F49 #48197C #6623AF #8438D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#48197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#48197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48197C

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48197C	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.154 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ca3',
    500: '#48197c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48197c;
$custom-light: #815ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.485,
    "s": 66.443,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34709,
    "c": 0.15441,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48197C

secondary

#7BB040

accent

#E93E98

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48197C

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

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