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#48166A Color

#48166A is rgb(72, 22, 106) in RGB, hsl(276, 66%, 25%) in HSL, and about cmyk(32%, 79%, 0%, 58%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Petunia (#470659), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 7.08. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#48166A
HEX#48166A
RGBrgb(72, 22, 106)
HSLhsl(276, 66%, 25%)
HSVhsv(276, 79%, 42%)
CMYKcmyk(32%, 79%, 0%, 58%)
OKLCHoklch(32.8% 0.138 307.4)
LABlab(19.60% 35.41 -39.09)
LCHlch(19.60% 52.75 312.17)

What #48166A Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #48166A, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Petunia#470659ΔE 7.08Spanish Violet#4C2882ΔE 8.84KSU Purple#512888ΔE 10.57Eminence#6C3082ΔE 12.57Persian Indigo#32127AΔE 14.8Maximum Purple#733380ΔE 15.55

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every purple in the library.

#48166A Channel Values

How #48166A breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 72 · G 22 · B 1068-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 276° · S 66% · L 25%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 276° · S 79% · V 42%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 32% · M 79% · Y 0% · K 58%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance13.14:1 vs white · 1.6:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #48166A background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text13.14:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
Fails AABlack text1.6:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #48166A in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #48166A

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #48166A; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#48166A
Complementary
#376A16
Analogous
#1E166A
Analogous
#6A1661
Triadic
#6A4816
Triadic
#166A48
Split comp.
#616A16
Split comp.
#166A1E

Tints & Shades of #48166A

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#651E94
#8528C3
#9E45D9
#B673E2
#CC9EEB
#E4CCF5

Shades

#40135D
#371050
#2E0E44
#260B37
#1D092A
#14061E

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #48166A.

How #48166A Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#48166A
Protanopia#24246A
Protanomaly#361F6A
Deuteranopia#2E2E69
Deuteranomaly#3A266A
Tritanopia#3E2C2C
Tritanomaly#42254C
Achromatopsia#303030

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #48166A in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-48166a: #48166A;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #48166A;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-48166a': '#48166A' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.282, green: 0.086, blue: 0.416)
Android XML<color name="color_48166a">#48166A</color>
SVG fillfill="#48166A"

More Purple Colors

#48166A sits in the purple family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

150024fdf8ff170b22fdf4ff1b0d35faf5ff1d0731fae8ff1e0033f6cfff20002ef3e8ff3000524020605414906600cc7008e78806ce9900cca11fffb19cd9c27affcebeefe0b2eb

#48166A Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #48166A?

#48166A is a dark purple — rgb(72, 22, 106) in RGB and hsl(276, 66%, 25%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Petunia (#470659), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 7.08.

What is the RGB value of #48166A?

#48166A is rgb(72, 22, 106) — red 72, green 22, and blue 106 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #48166A?

#48166A converts to approximately cmyk(32%, 79%, 0%, 58%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #48166A be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #48166A scores 13.14:1 against white and 1.6:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #48166A as a CSS color keyword?

No. #48166A is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is rebeccapurple (#663399) at a CIE76 distance of 15.71, which is visibly different.

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