#48229C#48229C

#48229C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.181 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48229C
RGB	rgb(72, 34, 156)
HSL	hsl(259, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 78.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.51, 46.70, -59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.51, 75.68, 308.10°)
OKLab	oklab(38.75% 0.0596 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(38.75% 0.181 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.2435, 4.9216, 31.9090)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48229C #769C22

analogous

#22399C #48229C #85229C

triadic

#48229C #9C4822 #229C48

tetradic

#48229C #9C2239 #769C22 #229C85

square

#48229C #9C2239 #769C22 #229C85

split-complementary

#48229C #9C8522 #399C22

monochromatic

#1A0C38 #31176A #48229C #5F2DCE #845DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.58

#48229C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#48229C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48229C

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48229C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48229C	1.00	10.58	1.98	10.58
#FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48229c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 34, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.181 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562ba',
    500: '#48229c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48229c;
$custom-light: #8562ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48229c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.689,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38754,
    "c": 0.1813,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48229C

secondary

#A0C05A

accent

#E741B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48229C

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

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