#48197D#48197D

#48197D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.156 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48197D
RGB	rgb(72, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 80%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.14, 42.37, -47.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.14, 63.60, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(34.8% 0.0761 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(34.8% 0.156 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7208, 3.5536, 19.7299)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.11

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48197D #4E7D19

analogous

#191C7D #48197D #7A197D

triadic

#48197D #7D4819 #197D48

tetradic

#48197D #7D191C #4E7D19 #197D7A

square

#48197D #7D191C #4E7D19 #197D7A

split-complementary

#48197D #7D7A19 #1C7D19

monochromatic

#0F051A #2B0F4A #48197D #6523B0 #8339D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#48197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#48197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48197D

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48197D	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.156 299.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.2,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34801,
    "c": 0.15552,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48197D

secondary

#7CB140

accent

#EA3E99

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48197D

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

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