#48209E#48209E

#48209E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.185 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48209E
RGB	rgb(72, 32, 158)
HSL	hsl(259, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 79.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.39, 48.18, -60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.39, 77.72, 308.32°)
OKLab	oklab(38.73% 0.0604 -0.1754)
OKLCH	oklch(38.73% 0.186 289)
XYZ	xyz(9.3587, 4.8789, 32.7897)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48209E #769E20

analogous

#20379E #48209E #87209E

triadic

#48209E #9E4820 #209E48

tetradic

#48209E #9E2037 #769E20 #209E87

square

#48209E #9E2037 #769E20 #209E87

split-complementary

#48209E #9E8720 #379E20

monochromatic

#1A0B38 #31166B #48209E #5F2AD1 #845BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#48209E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#48209E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48209E

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48209E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48209E	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48209e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 32, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.185 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561bc',
    500: '#48209e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48209e;
$custom-light: #8561bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48209e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.048,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38728,
    "c": 0.1855,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.04879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48209E

secondary

#A0C258

accent

#E93FB3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #48209E

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

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