#48198D#48198D

#48198D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.173 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48198D
RGB	rgb(72, 25, 141)
HSL	hsl(264, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 82.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 46.59, -54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 72.07, 310.27°)
OKLab	oklab(36.32% 0.071 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(36.32% 0.173 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8265, 3.9958, 25.5530)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48198D #5E8D19

analogous

#19248D #48198D #82198D

triadic

#48198D #8D4819 #198D48

tetradic

#48198D #8D1924 #5E8D19 #198D82

square

#48198D #8D1924 #5E8D19 #198D82

split-complementary

#48198D #8D8219 #248D19

monochromatic

#130725 #2D1059 #48198D #6322C1 #8243DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#48198D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#48198D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48198D

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48198D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48198D	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48198d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 25, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.173 294.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48198d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.31,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36324,
    "c": 0.17305,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48198D

secondary

#8DBF43

accent

#ED3BA5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #48198D

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

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