#48218C#48218C

#48218C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.164 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48218C
RGB	rgb(72, 33, 140)
HSL	hsl(262, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 76.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.82, 42.69, -52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.82, 67.63, 309.14°)
OKLab	oklab(37.11% 0.0649 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(37.11% 0.164 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9487, 4.3586, 25.2284)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.00

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48218C #658C21

analogous

#21308C #48218C #7E218C

triadic

#48218C #8C4821 #218C48

tetradic

#48218C #8C2130 #658C21 #218C7E

square

#48218C #8C2130 #658C21 #218C7E

split-complementary

#48218C #8C7E21 #308C21

monochromatic

#150A29 #2F155A #48218C #612DBE #8251D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#48218C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#48218C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48218C

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48218C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48218C	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48218c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 33, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.164 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261af',
    500: '#48218c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48218c;
$custom-light: #8261af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48218c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.869,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37109,
    "c": 0.16383,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48218C

secondary

#93B94F

accent

#E543AA

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48218C

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

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