#48199E#48199E

#48199E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.191 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48199E
RGB	rgb(72, 25, 158)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 84.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.39, 51.10, -62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.39, 80.83, 309.21°)
OKLab	oklab(38.04% 0.0649 -0.1801)
OKLCH	oklch(38.04% 0.191 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.1899, 4.5412, 32.7334)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48199E #6F9E19

analogous

#192C9E #48199E #8A199E

triadic

#48199E #9E4819 #199E48

tetradic

#48199E #9E192C #6F9E19 #199E8A

square

#48199E #9E192C #6F9E19 #199E8A

split-complementary

#48199E #9E8A19 #2C9E19

monochromatic

#180834 #301169 #48199E #6021D3 #834EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#48199E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#48199E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48199E

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48199E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48199E	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48199e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 25, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.191 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ebc',
    500: '#48199e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48199e;
$custom-light: #855ebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48199e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.203,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38036,
    "c": 0.19148,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48199E

secondary

#9BC54E

accent

#EF38AF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #48199E

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

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