#48228A#48228A

#48228A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.160 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48228A
RGB	rgb(72, 34, 138)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 75.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.82, 41.63, -51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.82, 66.01, 309.10°)
OKLab	oklab(37.05% 0.0645 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(37.05% 0.16 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8307, 4.3565, 24.4681)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48228A #648A22

analogous

#22308A #48228A #7C228A

triadic

#48228A #8A4822 #228A48

tetradic

#48228A #8A2230 #648A22 #228A7C

square

#48228A #8A2230 #648A22 #228A7C

split-complementary

#48228A #8A7C22 #308A22

monochromatic

#150A28 #2E1659 #48228A #622EBB #8252D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#48228A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#48228A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48228A

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48228A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48228A	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48228a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 34, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.160 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261ad',
    500: '#48228a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48228a;
$custom-light: #8261ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48228a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.923,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37048,
    "c": 0.16036,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48228A

secondary

#92B850

accent

#E444A9

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48228A

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

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