#48209B#48209B

#48209B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.182 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48209B
RGB	rgb(72, 32, 155)
HSL	hsl(260, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 79.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.09, 47.35, -59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.09, 76.14, 308.45°)
OKLab	oklab(38.43% 0.0614 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(38.43% 0.182 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.1037, 4.7769, 31.4463)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48209B #739B20

analogous

#20369B #48209B #86209B

triadic

#48209B #9B4820 #209B48

tetradic

#48209B #9B2036 #739B20 #209B86

square

#48209B #9B2036 #739B20 #209B86

split-complementary

#48209B #9B8620 #369B20

monochromatic

#190B36 #301668 #48209B #602ACE #8459DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#48209B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#48209B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48209B

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48209B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48209B	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48209b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 32, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.182 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561ba',
    500: '#48209b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48209b;
$custom-light: #8561ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48209b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.512,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38431,
    "c": 0.18211,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48209B

secondary

#9EC156

accent

#E93FB2

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #48209B

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

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