#48228E#48228E

#48228E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.165 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48228E
RGB	rgb(72, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(261, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.18, 42.76, -53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.18, 68.18, 308.83°)
OKLab	oklab(37.42% 0.0635 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(37.42% 0.165 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1256, 4.4745, 26.0215)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.36

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48228E #688E22

analogous

#22328E #48228E #7E228E

triadic

#48228E #8E4822 #228E48

tetradic

#48228E #8E2232 #688E22 #228E7E

square

#48228E #8E2232 #688E22 #228E7E

split-complementary

#48228E #8E7E22 #328E22

monochromatic

#160A2B #2F165D #48228E #612EBF #8254D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#48228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#48228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48228E

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48228E	1.00	11.08	1.90	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.165 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261b0',
    500: '#48228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48228e;
$custom-light: #8261b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.111,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37418,
    "c": 0.16506,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48228E

secondary

#95BA52

accent

#E443AC

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #48228E

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

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