#48229B#48229B

#48229B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.180 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48229B
RGB	rgb(72, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(259, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 78.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.41, 46.42, -59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.41, 75.15, 308.15°)
OKLab	oklab(38.66% 0.0599 -0.1699)
OKLCH	oklch(38.66% 0.18 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1592, 4.8879, 31.4648)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48229B #759B22

analogous

#22399B #48229B #85229B

triadic

#48229B #9B4822 #229B48

tetradic

#48229B #9B2239 #759B22 #229B85

square

#48229B #9B2239 #759B22 #229B85

split-complementary

#48229B #9B8522 #399B22

monochromatic

#190C37 #311769 #48229B #5F2DCD #845CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#48229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#48229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48229B

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48229B	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.180 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462ba',
    500: '#48229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48229b;
$custom-light: #8462ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.843,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38657,
    "c": 0.18016,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48229B

secondary

#A0C059

accent

#E741B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48229B

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

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