#48228B#48228B

#48228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.162 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48228B
RGB	rgb(72, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.91, 41.91, -51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.91, 66.55, 309.03°)
OKLab	oklab(37.14% 0.0642 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(37.14% 0.162 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9034, 4.3856, 24.8512)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.03

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48228B #658B22

analogous

#22318B #48228B #7D228B

triadic

#48228B #8B4822 #228B48

tetradic

#48228B #8B2231 #658B22 #228B7D

square

#48228B #8B2231 #658B22 #228B7D

split-complementary

#48228B #8B7D22 #318B22

monochromatic

#150A29 #2F165A #48228B #612EBC #8253D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#48228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#48228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48228B

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48228B	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.162 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261ae',
    500: '#48228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48228b;
$custom-light: #8261ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3714,
    "c": 0.16154,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48228B

secondary

#93B850

accent

#E444AA

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48228B

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

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