#48219E#48219E

#48219E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.185 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48219E
RGB	rgb(72, 33, 158)
HSL	hsl(259, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 79.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.54, 47.73, -60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.54, 77.23, 308.17°)
OKLab	oklab(38.84% 0.0597 -0.1746)
OKLCH	oklch(38.84% 0.185 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.3861, 4.9336, 32.7988)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48219E #779E21

analogous

#21399E #48219E #87219E

triadic

#48219E #9E4821 #219E48

tetradic

#48219E #9E2139 #779E21 #219E87

square

#48219E #9E2139 #779E21 #219E87

split-complementary

#48219E #9E8721 #399E21

monochromatic

#1A0C39 #31166B #48219E #5F2CD1 #855CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#48219E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#48219E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48219E

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48219E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48219E	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48219e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 33, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.185 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562bc',
    500: '#48219e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48219e;
$custom-light: #8562bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48219e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.72,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38838,
    "c": 0.18456,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48219E

secondary

#A1C159

accent

#E83FB4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48219E

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

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