#48217E#48217E

#48217E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.147 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48217E
RGB	rgb(72, 33, 126)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 73.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.58, 38.80, -45.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.58, 59.95, 310.33°)
OKLab	oklab(35.84% 0.0682 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(35.84% 0.147 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9813, 3.9717, 20.1334)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48217E #577E21

analogous

#21287E #48217E #76217E

triadic

#48217E #7E4821 #217E48

tetradic

#48217E #7E2128 #577E21 #217E76

square

#48217E #7E2128 #577E21 #217E76

split-complementary

#48217E #7E7621 #287E21

monochromatic

#11081D #2C144E #48217E #642EAE #824AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#48217E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#48217E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48217E

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48217E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48217E	1.00	11.70	1.79	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48217e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 33, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.147 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8060a4',
    500: '#48217e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48217e;
$custom-light: #8060a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48217e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.161,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35843,
    "c": 0.14735,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48217E

secondary

#86B14A

accent

#E246A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48217E

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

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