#48207B#48207B

#48207B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.145 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48207B
RGB	rgb(72, 32, 123)
HSL	hsl(266, 59%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(266, 74%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 74%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.14, 38.50, -44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.14, 58.85, 310.85°)
OKLab	oklab(35.45% 0.0699 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(35.45% 0.145 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7632, 3.8407, 19.1201)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.60

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48207B #537B20

analogous

#20257B #48207B #76207B

triadic

#48207B #7B4820 #207B48

tetradic

#48207B #7B2025 #537B20 #207B76

square

#48207B #7B2025 #537B20 #207B76

split-complementary

#48207B #7B7620 #257B20

monochromatic

#0F071A #2C134A #48207B #642DAC #8246CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#48207B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#48207B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48207B

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48207B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48207B	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48207b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 32, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.145 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805fa2',
    500: '#48207b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48207b;
$custom-light: #805fa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48207b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.374,
    "s": 58.71,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35451,
    "c": 0.14506,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48207B

secondary

#82AE49

accent

#E2469D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48207B

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

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