#48219B#48219B

#48219B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.181 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48219B
RGB	rgb(72, 33, 155)
HSL	hsl(259, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 78.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.25, 46.89, -59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.25, 75.65, 308.30°)
OKLab	oklab(38.54% 0.0606 -0.1707)
OKLCH	oklch(38.54% 0.181 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1310, 4.8316, 31.4555)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48219B #749B21

analogous

#21379B #48219B #85219B

triadic

#48219B #9B4821 #219B48

tetradic

#48219B #9B2137 #749B21 #219B85

square

#48219B #9B2137 #749B21 #219B85

split-complementary

#48219B #9B8521 #379B21

monochromatic

#190C36 #311669 #48219B #5F2CCD #845ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#48219B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#48219B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48219B

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48219B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48219B	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48219b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 33, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.181 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461ba',
    500: '#48219b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48219b;
$custom-light: #8461ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48219b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.18,
    "s": 64.894,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38543,
    "c": 0.18114,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48219B

secondary

#9FC058

accent

#E840B2

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #48219B

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

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