#48217B#48217B

#48217B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.144 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48217B
RGB	rgb(72, 33, 123)
HSL	hsl(266, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 73.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.32, 37.98, -44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.32, 58.29, 310.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.58% 0.0688 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(35.58% 0.144 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7906, 3.8954, 19.1292)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.82

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48217B #547B21

analogous

#21277B #48217B #75217B

triadic

#48217B #7B4821 #217B48

tetradic

#48217B #7B2127 #547B21 #217B75

square

#48217B #7B2127 #547B21 #217B75

split-complementary

#48217B #7B7521 #277B21

monochromatic

#10071A #2C144B #48217B #642EAB #8248CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#48217B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#48217B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48217B

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48217B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48217B	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48217b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 33, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.144 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8060a2',
    500: '#48217b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48217b;
$custom-light: #8060a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48217b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35583,
    "c": 0.14378,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48217B

secondary

#83AE4A

accent

#E1479E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48217B

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

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