#48208D#48208D

#48208D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.166 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48208D
RGB	rgb(72, 32, 141)
HSL	hsl(262, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 77.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.75, 43.46, -53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.75, 68.70, 309.24°)
OKLab	oklab(37.08% 0.0655 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(37.08% 0.166 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9954, 4.3336, 25.6093)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.98

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48208D #658D20

analogous

#202F8D #48208D #7F208D

triadic

#48208D #8D4820 #208D48

tetradic

#48208D #8D202F #658D20 #208D7F

square

#48208D #8D202F #658D20 #208D7F

split-complementary

#48208D #8D7F20 #2F8D20

monochromatic

#150929 #2F155B #48208D #612BBF #8250D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#48208D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#48208D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48208D

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48208D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48208D	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48208d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 32, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.166 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8260af',
    500: '#48208d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48208d;
$custom-light: #8260af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48208d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.018,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37082,
    "c": 0.16609,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48208D

secondary

#93BA4E

accent

#E642AA

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48208D

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

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