#48205E#48205E

#48205E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.110 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48205E
RGB	rgb(72, 32, 94)
HSL	hsl(279, 49%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 66%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 66%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.90, 30.87, -29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.90, 42.59, 316.45°)
OKLab	oklab(33.14% 0.0733 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(33.14% 0.11 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.2090, 3.2190, 10.9344)
Luminance	0.0322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48205E #365E20

analogous

#29205E #48205E #5E2055

triadic

#48205E #5E4820 #205E48

tetradic

#48205E #5E2920 #365E20 #20555E

square

#48205E #5E2920 #365E20 #20555E

split-complementary

#48205E #555E20 #205E29

monochromatic

#110817 #251030 #48205E #6B308C #8E3FB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.78

#48205E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#48205E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48205E

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48205E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48205E	1.00	12.78	1.64	12.78
#FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#073060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B335D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452C3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48205e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 32, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.110 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5e8c',
    500: '#48205e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48205e;
$custom-light: #7d5e8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48205e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.71,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33138,
    "c": 0.11039,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48205E

secondary

#629247

accent

#D94F80

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #48205E

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

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