#48006d

Color #48006d

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Indigo #4b0082 · ΔE 10.73 Nearest Tailwind class purple-950 #3c0366 · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#48006d

RGB

rgb(72, 0, 109)

HSL

hsl(279.6, 100%, 21.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.6, 100%, 42.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.9%, 100%, 0%, 57.3%)

LAB

lab(17.84, 46.75, -44.16)

LCH

lch(17.84, 64.31, 316.63)

OKLCH

oklch(31.4%, 0.1601, 308.23)

HWB

hwb(279.6, 0%, 57.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#256d00

Analogous

#11006d

#48006d

#6d005c

Triadic

#48006d

#6d4800

#006d48

Split-complementary

#48006d

#5c6d00

#006d11

Tetradic

#48006d

#6d0025

#256d00

#006d48

Square

#48006d

#6d1100

#256d00

#005c6d

Shades

Color #48006d mixed toward black.

#3c005b

#300049

#240037

#180024

#0c0012

Tints

Color #48006d mixed toward white.

#7400b0

#a000f3

#bb37ff

#d279ff

#e8bcff

Tones

Color #48006d mixed toward gray.

#450964

#42125b

#3f1b52

#3c2449

#392d40

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.5:1

White text reads better on this background (14.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#363560 · ΔE 14.7

Deuteranopia

#393c5c · ΔE 17.6

Tritanopia

#465350 · ΔE 28.3

Achromatopsia

#2c2c2c · ΔE 26.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #48006d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48006d]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#48006d (#48006d) is rgb(72, 0, 109) in RGB.

No, #48006d is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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