#48198B#48198B

#48198B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.171 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48198B
RGB	rgb(72, 25, 139)
HSL	hsl(265, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 82%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.46, 46.06, -54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.46, 71.02, 310.43°)
OKLab	oklab(36.13% 0.0717 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(36.13% 0.171 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6790, 3.9368, 24.7764)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48198B #5C8B19

analogous

#19238B #48198B #81198B

triadic

#48198B #8B4819 #198B48

tetradic

#48198B #8B1923 #5C8B19 #198B81

square

#48198B #8B1923 #5C8B19 #198B81

split-complementary

#48198B #8B8119 #238B19

monochromatic

#120623 #2D1057 #48198B #6322BF #8241DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#48198B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#48198B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48198B

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48198B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48198B	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48198b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 25, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.171 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835cae',
    500: '#48198b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48198b;
$custom-light: #835cae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48198b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.737,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36129,
    "c": 0.17087,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48198B

secondary

#8BBE42

accent

#EC3BA3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48198B

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

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