#48215D#48215D

#48215D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.108 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48215D
RGB	rgb(72, 33, 93)
HSL	hsl(279, 48%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 65%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 64.5%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.04, 30.05, -28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.04, 41.39, 316.56°)
OKLab	oklab(33.22% 0.0719 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(33.22% 0.108 312)
XYZ	xyz(5.1918, 3.2559, 10.7088)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48215D #365D21

analogous

#2A215D #48215D #5D2154

triadic

#48215D #5D4821 #215D48

tetradic

#48215D #5D2A21 #365D21 #21545D

square

#48215D #5D2A21 #365D21 #21545D

split-complementary

#48215D #545D21 #215D2A

monochromatic

#110817 #251130 #48215D #6B318A #8E41B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.72

#48215D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#48215D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48215D

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48215D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48215D	1.00	12.72	1.65	12.72
#FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B315F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C335C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462C3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48215d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 33, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.108 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5f8b',
    500: '#48215d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48215d;
$custom-light: #7d5f8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48215d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33219,
    "c": 0.10752,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.03256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48215D

secondary

#629149

accent

#D75180

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #48215D

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

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