#48218D#48218D

#48218D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.165 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48218D
RGB	rgb(72, 33, 141)
HSL	hsl(262, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 76.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.92, 42.97, -52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.92, 68.17, 309.07°)
OKLab	oklab(37.2% 0.0646 -0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(37.2% 0.165 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0227, 4.3883, 25.6184)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.11

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48218D #668D21

analogous

#21308D #48218D #7E218D

triadic

#48218D #8D4821 #218D48

tetradic

#48218D #8D2130 #668D21 #218D7E

square

#48218D #8D2130 #668D21 #218D7E

split-complementary

#48218D #8D7E21 #308D21

monochromatic

#150A2A #2F155B #48218D #612DBF #8252D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#48218D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#48218D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48218D

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48218D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48218D	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48218d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 33, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.165 293.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48218d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37202,
    "c": 0.165,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48218D

secondary

#94BA50

accent

#E543AA

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48218D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →