#48227D#48227D

#48227D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.145 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48227D
RGB	rgb(72, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(265, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 72.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.68, 38.00, -44.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.68, 58.83, 310.24°)
OKLab	oklab(35.89% 0.0673 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(35.89% 0.145 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9452, 4.0023, 19.8047)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.93

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48227D #577D22

analogous

#22297D #48227D #75227D

triadic

#48227D #7D4822 #227D48

tetradic

#48227D #7D2229 #577D22 #227D75

square

#48227D #7D2229 #577D22 #227D75

split-complementary

#48227D #7D7522 #297D22

monochromatic

#11081D #2C154D #48227D #642FAD #824BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#48227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#48227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48227D

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48227D	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.145 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8060a3',
    500: '#48227d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48227d;
$custom-light: #8060a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.055,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35889,
    "c": 0.14488,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48227D

secondary

#86B04B

accent

#E047A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48227D

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

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