#48229A#48229A

#48229A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.179 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48229A
RGB	rgb(72, 34, 154)
HSL	hsl(259, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 77.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.32, 46.14, -58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.32, 74.62, 308.19°)
OKLab	oklab(38.56% 0.0602 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(38.56% 0.179 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.0756, 4.8545, 31.0244)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48229A #749A22

analogous

#22389A #48229A #84229A

triadic

#48229A #9A4822 #229A48

tetradic

#48229A #9A2238 #749A22 #229A84

square

#48229A #9A2238 #749A22 #229A84

split-complementary

#48229A #9A8422 #389A22

monochromatic

#190C36 #311768 #48229A #5F2DCC #845BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#48229A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#48229A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48229A

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48229A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48229A	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48229a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 34, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.179 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462b9',
    500: '#48229a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48229a;
$custom-light: #8462b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48229a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3856,
    "c": 0.17901,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48229A

secondary

#9FBF58

accent

#E741B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48229A

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

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