#48229D#48229D

#48229D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.182 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48229D
RGB	rgb(72, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(259, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 78.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.61, 46.98, -60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.61, 76.21, 308.06°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% 0.0593 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.182 289)
XYZ	xyz(9.3285, 4.9556, 32.3567)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48229D #779D22

analogous

#22399D #48229D #86229D

triadic

#48229D #9D4822 #229D48

tetradic

#48229D #9D2239 #779D22 #229D86

square

#48229D #9D2239 #779D22 #229D86

split-complementary

#48229D #9D8622 #399D22

monochromatic

#1A0C38 #31176B #48229D #5F2DCF #855DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#48229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#48229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48229D

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48229D	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.182 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562bb',
    500: '#48229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48229d;
$custom-light: #8562bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.537,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38852,
    "c": 0.18245,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.04956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48229D

secondary

#A1C15A

accent

#E740B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48229D

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

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