#48217A#48217A

#48217A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.143 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48217A
RGB	rgb(72, 33, 122)
HSL	hsl(266, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(266, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 73%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.24, 37.70, -43.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.24, 57.73, 310.78°)
OKLab	oklab(35.5% 0.069 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(35.5% 0.143 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.7283, 3.8705, 18.8012)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.88

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48217A #537A21

analogous

#21277A #48217A #74217A

triadic

#48217A #7A4821 #217A48

tetradic

#48217A #7A2127 #537A21 #217A74

square

#48217A #7A2127 #537A21 #217A74

split-complementary

#48217A #7A7421 #277A21

monochromatic

#0F071A #2C144A #48217A #642EAA #8248CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#48217A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#48217A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48217A

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48217A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48217A	1.00	11.84	1.77	11.84
#FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48217a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 33, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.143 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8060a1',
    500: '#48217a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48217a;
$custom-light: #8060a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48217a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.292,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35497,
    "c": 0.14258,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48217A

secondary

#82AD4A

accent

#E1479D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48217A

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

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