#48228C#48228C

#48228C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.163 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48228C
RGB	rgb(72, 34, 140)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 75.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.00, 42.19, -52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.00, 67.09, 308.97°)
OKLab	oklab(37.23% 0.064 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(37.23% 0.163 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9768, 4.4150, 25.2377)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.14

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48228C #668C22

analogous

#22318C #48228C #7D228C

triadic

#48228C #8C4822 #228C48

tetradic

#48228C #8C2231 #668C22 #228C7D

square

#48228C #8C2231 #668C22 #228C7D

split-complementary

#48228C #8C7D22 #318C22

monochromatic

#150A2A #2F165B #48228C #612EBD #8253D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#48228C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#48228C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48228C

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48228C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48228C	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48228c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 34, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.163 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261af',
    500: '#48228c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48228c;
$custom-light: #8261af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48228c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.509,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37232,
    "c": 0.16272,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48228C

secondary

#94B951

accent

#E444AB

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48228C

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

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