#48218E#48218E

#48218E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.166 H 292.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48218E
RGB	rgb(72, 33, 142)
HSL	hsl(261, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(261, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.01, 43.25, -53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.01, 68.71, 309.01°)
OKLab	oklab(37.3% 0.0643 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(37.3% 0.166 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0975, 4.4181, 26.0121)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.23

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48218E #678E21

analogous

#21318E #48218E #7F218E

triadic

#48218E #8E4821 #218E48

tetradic

#48218E #8E2131 #678E21 #218E7F

square

#48218E #8E2131 #678E21 #218E7F

split-complementary

#48218E #8E7F21 #318E21

monochromatic

#160A2B #2F155C #48218E #612DC0 #8252D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#48218E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#48218E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48218E

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48218E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48218E	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48218e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 33, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.166 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361b0',
    500: '#48218e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48218e;
$custom-light: #8361b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48218e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.468,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37296,
    "c": 0.16616,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48218E

secondary

#94BA50

accent

#E542AB

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #48218E

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

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