#48198C#48198C

#48198C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.172 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48198C
RGB	rgb(72, 25, 140)
HSL	hsl(265, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 82.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.56, 46.32, -54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.56, 71.55, 310.35°)
OKLab	oklab(36.23% 0.0714 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(36.23% 0.172 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7524, 3.9662, 25.1629)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48198C #5D8C19

analogous

#19238C #48198C #82198C

triadic

#48198C #8C4819 #198C48

tetradic

#48198C #8C1923 #5D8C19 #198C82

square

#48198C #8C1923 #5D8C19 #198C82

split-complementary

#48198C #8C8219 #238C19

monochromatic

#130624 #2D1058 #48198C #6322C0 #8242DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#48198C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#48198C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48198C

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48198C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48198C	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48198c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 25, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.172 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835daf',
    500: '#48198c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48198c;
$custom-light: #835daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48198c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.522,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36226,
    "c": 0.17196,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48198C

secondary

#8CBE43

accent

#ED3BA4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48198C

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

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