#48209D#48209D

#48209D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.184 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48209D
RGB	rgb(72, 32, 157)
HSL	hsl(259, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 79.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.29, 47.90, -60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.29, 77.19, 308.36°)
OKLab	oklab(38.63% 0.0607 -0.1741)
OKLCH	oklch(38.63% 0.184 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.2730, 4.8446, 32.3382)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48209D #759D20

analogous

#20369D #48209D #87209D

triadic

#48209D #9D4820 #209D48

tetradic

#48209D #9D2036 #759D20 #209D87

square

#48209D #9D2036 #759D20 #209D87

split-complementary

#48209D #9D8720 #369D20

monochromatic

#190B37 #31166A #48209D #5F2AD0 #845ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#48209D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#48209D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48209D

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48209D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48209D	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48209d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 32, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.184 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561bb',
    500: '#48209d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48209d;
$custom-light: #8561bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48209d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38629,
    "c": 0.18438,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48209D

secondary

#A0C157

accent

#E93FB3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #48209D

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

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