#48218A#48218A

#48218A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.162 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48218A
RGB	rgb(72, 33, 138)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 76.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.64, 42.13, -51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.64, 66.55, 309.28°)
OKLab	oklab(36.92% 0.0654 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(36.92% 0.162 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8025, 4.3002, 24.4587)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48218A #638A21

analogous

#212E8A #48218A #7C218A

triadic

#48218A #8A4821 #218A48

tetradic

#48218A #8A212E #638A21 #218A7C

square

#48218A #8A212E #638A21 #218A7C

split-complementary

#48218A #8A7C21 #2E8A21

monochromatic

#140927 #2E1559 #48218A #622DBB #8250D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#48218A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#48218A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48218A

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48218A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48218A	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48218a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 33, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.162 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8260ad',
    500: '#48218a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48218a;
$custom-light: #8260ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48218a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36923,
    "c": 0.1615,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48218A

secondary

#91B94E

accent

#E543A9

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48218A

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

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