#48236A#48236A

#48236A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.120 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48236A
RGB	rgb(72, 35, 106)
HSL	hsl(271, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 67%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.37, 32.28, -34.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.37, 47.49, 312.82°)
OKLab	oklab(34.48% 0.0687 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(34.48% 0.12 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.8745, 3.6204, 14.0222)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48236A #456A23

analogous

#25236A #48236A #6A2368

triadic

#48236A #6A4823 #236A48

tetradic

#48236A #6A2523 #456A23 #23686A

square

#48236A #6A2523 #456A23 #23686A

split-complementary

#48236A #686A23 #236A25

monochromatic

#100817 #29143C #48236A #673298 #8646C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#48236A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#48236A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48236A

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48236A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48236A	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#113668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48236a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 35, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.120 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6095',
    500: '#48236a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48236a;
$custom-light: #7e6095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48236a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.268,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34479,
    "c": 0.12024,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48236A

secondary

#739D4B

accent

#DA4E91

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48236A

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

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