#48217C#48217C

#48217C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.145 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48217C
RGB	rgb(72, 33, 124)
HSL	hsl(266, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 73.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.41, 38.25, -44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.41, 58.84, 310.55°)
OKLab	oklab(35.67% 0.0686 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(35.67% 0.145 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8535, 3.9206, 19.4605)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.76

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48217C #557C21

analogous

#21277C #48217C #75217C

triadic

#48217C #7C4821 #217C48

tetradic

#48217C #7C2127 #557C21 #217C75

square

#48217C #7C2127 #557C21 #217C75

split-complementary

#48217C #7C7521 #277C21

monochromatic

#10071B #2C144C #48217C #642EAC #8249CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#48217C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#48217C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48217C

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48217C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48217C	1.00	11.77	1.78	11.77
#FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48217c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 33, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.145 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8060a3',
    500: '#48217c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48217c;
$custom-light: #8060a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48217c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 57.962,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35669,
    "c": 0.14497,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48217C

secondary

#84AF4A

accent

#E1479F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48217C

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