#48198E#48198E

#48198E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.174 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48198E
RGB	rgb(72, 25, 142)
HSL	hsl(264, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 82.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.76, 46.85, -55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.76, 72.59, 310.20°)
OKLab	oklab(36.42% 0.0707 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(36.42% 0.174 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9013, 4.0257, 25.9467)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48198E #5F8E19

analogous

#19248E #48198E #83198E

triadic

#48198E #8E4819 #198E48

tetradic

#48198E #8E1924 #5F8E19 #198E83

square

#48198E #8E1924 #5F8E19 #198E83

split-complementary

#48198E #8E8319 #248E19

monochromatic

#130726 #2E105A #48198E #6222C2 #8243DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#48198E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#48198E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48198E

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48198E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48198E	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48198e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 25, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.174 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835db0',
    500: '#48198e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48198e;
$custom-light: #835db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48198e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.103,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36422,
    "c": 0.17414,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48198E

secondary

#8EBF44

accent

#ED3BA5

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #48198E

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

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