#48197E#48197E

#48197E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.157 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48197E
RGB	rgb(72, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.23, 42.64, -47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.23, 64.13, 311.67°)
OKLab	oklab(34.89% 0.0758 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(34.89% 0.157 299)
XYZ	xyz(6.7851, 3.5792, 20.0680)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48197E #4F7E19

analogous

#191D7E #48197E #7B197E

triadic

#48197E #7E4819 #197E48

tetradic

#48197E #7E191D #4F7E19 #197E7B

square

#48197E #7E191D #4F7E19 #197E7B

split-complementary

#48197E #7E7B19 #1D7E19

monochromatic

#0F051A #2B0F4B #48197E #6523B1 #833AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#48197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#48197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48197E

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48197E	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.157 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ca4',
    500: '#48197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48197e;
$custom-light: #815ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.921,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34893,
    "c": 0.15662,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.03579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48197E

secondary

#7DB241

accent

#EA3E9A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48197E

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

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