#48227E#48227E

#48227E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.146 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48227E
RGB	rgb(72, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.76, 38.28, -45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.76, 59.39, 310.14°)
OKLab	oklab(35.98% 0.0672 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(35.98% 0.146 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.0094, 4.0280, 20.1428)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48227E #587E22

analogous

#222A7E #48227E #76227E

triadic

#48227E #7E4822 #227E48

tetradic

#48227E #7E222A #587E22 #227E76

square

#48227E #7E222A #587E22 #227E76

split-complementary

#48227E #7E7622 #2A7E22

monochromatic

#11081E #2C154E #48227E #642FAE #824CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#48227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#48227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48227E

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48227E	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.146 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8060a4',
    500: '#48227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48227e;
$custom-light: #8060a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.783,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35976,
    "c": 0.14609,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48227E

secondary

#87B14B

accent

#E147A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48227E

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

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