#48217F#48217F

#48217F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.149 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48217F
RGB	rgb(72, 33, 127)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 74%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 74%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 39.08, -46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 60.51, 310.23°)
OKLab	oklab(35.93% 0.068 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(35.93% 0.149 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0461, 3.9976, 20.4749)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48217F #587F21

analogous

#21297F #48217F #77217F

triadic

#48217F #7F4821 #217F48

tetradic

#48217F #7F2129 #587F21 #217F77

square

#48217F #7F2129 #587F21 #217F77

split-complementary

#48217F #7F7721 #297F21

monochromatic

#11081E #2C144E #48217F #642EB0 #824AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#48217F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#48217F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48217F

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48217F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48217F	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48217f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 33, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.149 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8060a5',
    500: '#48217f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48217f;
$custom-light: #8060a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48217f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.894,
    "s": 58.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35931,
    "c": 0.14854,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48217F

secondary

#87B24A

accent

#E246A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48217F

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

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