#48218B#48218B

#48218B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.163 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48218B
RGB	rgb(72, 33, 139)
HSL	hsl(262, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.73, 42.41, -51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.73, 67.09, 309.21°)
OKLab	oklab(37.02% 0.0651 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(37.02% 0.163 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8753, 4.3293, 24.8418)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.89

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48218B #648B21

analogous

#212F8B #48218B #7D218B

triadic

#48218B #8B4821 #218B48

tetradic

#48218B #8B212F #648B21 #218B7D

square

#48218B #8B212F #648B21 #218B7D

split-complementary

#48218B #8B7D21 #2F8B21

monochromatic

#150A28 #2E155A #48218B #622DBC #8251D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#48218B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#48218B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48218B

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48218B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48218B	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48218b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 33, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.163 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261ae',
    500: '#48218b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48218b;
$custom-light: #8261ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48218b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.075,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37016,
    "c": 0.16267,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48218B

secondary

#92B94F

accent

#E543A9

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48218B

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

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