#48209C#48209C

#48209C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.183 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48209C
RGB	rgb(72, 32, 156)
HSL	hsl(259, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 79.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.19, 47.63, -60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.19, 76.67, 308.40°)
OKLab	oklab(38.53% 0.061 -0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(38.53% 0.183 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1880, 4.8106, 31.8905)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48209C #749C20

analogous

#20369C #48209C #86209C

triadic

#48209C #9C4820 #209C48

tetradic

#48209C #9C2036 #749C20 #209C86

square

#48209C #9C2036 #749C20 #209C86

split-complementary

#48209C #9C8620 #369C20

monochromatic

#190B36 #311669 #48209C #5F2ACF #8459DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#48209C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#48209C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48209C

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48209C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48209C	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48209c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 32, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.183 289.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48209c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.355,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3853,
    "c": 0.18324,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48209C

secondary

#9FC157

accent

#E93FB2

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #48209C

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

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