#48236B#48236B

#48236B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.121 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48236B
RGB	rgb(72, 35, 107)
HSL	hsl(271, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 67.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.45, 32.55, -35.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.45, 48.06, 312.62°)
OKLab	oklab(34.56% 0.0686 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(34.56% 0.121 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.9268, 3.6413, 14.2977)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48236B #466B23

analogous

#24236B #48236B #6B236A

triadic

#48236B #6B4823 #236B48

tetradic

#48236B #6B2423 #466B23 #236A6B

square

#48236B #6B2423 #466B23 #236A6B

split-complementary

#48236B #6A6B23 #236B24

monochromatic

#100817 #29143D #48236B #673299 #8646C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.15

#48236B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#48236B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48236B

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48236B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48236B	1.00	12.15	1.73	12.15
#FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48236b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 35, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.121 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6096',
    500: '#48236b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48236b;
$custom-light: #7e6096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48236b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.833,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34556,
    "c": 0.12148,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48236B

secondary

#749E4B

accent

#DA4E92

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48236B

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

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