#48229E#48229E

#48229E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.184 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48229E
RGB	rgb(72, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(258, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.71, 47.26, -60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.71, 76.73, 308.02°)
OKLab	oklab(38.95% 0.059 -0.1739)
OKLCH	oklch(38.95% 0.184 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.4143, 4.9899, 32.8082)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48229E #789E22

analogous

#223A9E #48229E #86229E

triadic

#48229E #9E4822 #229E48

tetradic

#48229E #9E223A #789E22 #229E86

square

#48229E #9E223A #789E22 #229E86

split-complementary

#48229E #9E8622 #3A9E22

monochromatic

#1A0C39 #31176C #48229E #5F2DD0 #855EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#48229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#48229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48229E

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48229E	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.184 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562bc',
    500: '#48229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48229e;
$custom-light: #8562bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.387,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3895,
    "c": 0.18361,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48229E

secondary

#A2C15B

accent

#E840B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48229E

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

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