#48208B#48208B

#48208B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.164 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48208B
RGB	rgb(72, 32, 139)
HSL	hsl(262, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 77%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.56, 42.90, -52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.56, 67.62, 309.38°)
OKLab	oklab(36.9% 0.066 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(36.9% 0.164 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8479, 4.2746, 24.8327)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48208B #638B20

analogous

#202D8B #48208B #7D208B

triadic

#48208B #8B4820 #208B48

tetradic

#48208B #8B202D #638B20 #208B7D

square

#48208B #8B202D #638B20 #208B7D

split-complementary

#48208B #8B7D20 #2D8B20

monochromatic

#140928 #2E1559 #48208B #622BBD #824FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#48208B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#48208B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48208B

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48208B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48208B	1.00	11.32	1.86	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48208b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 32, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.164 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8260ae',
    500: '#48208b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48208b;
$custom-light: #8260ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48208b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.43,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36895,
    "c": 0.16378,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48208B

secondary

#91BA4D

accent

#E642A9

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48208B

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

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