#48226B#48226B

#48226B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.123 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48226B
RGB	rgb(72, 34, 107)
HSL	hsl(271, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 68%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 68.2%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.24, 33.11, -35.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.24, 48.69, 312.85°)
OKLab	oklab(34.41% 0.0699 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(34.41% 0.123 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.8978, 3.5833, 14.2880)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48226B #456B22

analogous

#24226B #48226B #6B2269

triadic

#48226B #6B4822 #226B48

tetradic

#48226B #6B2422 #456B22 #22696B

square

#48226B #6B2422 #456B22 #22696B

split-complementary

#48226B #696B22 #226B24

monochromatic

#100717 #29133D #48226B #673199 #8644C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#48226B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#48226B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48226B

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48226B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48226B	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D3569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48226b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 34, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.123 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6096',
    500: '#48226b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48226b;
$custom-light: #7e6096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48226b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.233,
    "s": 51.773,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34408,
    "c": 0.12301,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48226B

secondary

#739F4A

accent

#DB4D91

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48226B

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

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