#48208E#48208E

#48208E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.167 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48208E
RGB	rgb(72, 32, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 77.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.84, 43.73, -53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.84, 69.23, 309.17°)
OKLab	oklab(37.18% 0.0652 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(37.18% 0.167 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0701, 4.3635, 26.0030)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.10

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48208E #668E20

analogous

#202F8E #48208E #7F208E

triadic

#48208E #8E4820 #208E48

tetradic

#48208E #8E202F #668E20 #208E7F

square

#48208E #8E202F #668E20 #208E7F

split-complementary

#48208E #8E7F20 #2F8E20

monochromatic

#15092A #2F155C #48208E #612BC0 #8251D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#48208E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#48208E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48208E

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48208E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48208E	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48208e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 32, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.167 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360b0',
    500: '#48208e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48208e;
$custom-light: #8360b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48208e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37176,
    "c": 0.16724,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48208E

secondary

#94BB4F

accent

#E642AA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #48208E

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

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