#48236E#48236E

#48236E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.125 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48236E
RGB	rgb(72, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(270, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.67, 33.35, -36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.67, 49.77, 312.07°)
OKLab	oklab(34.79% 0.0684 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(34.79% 0.125 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.0873, 3.7056, 15.1434)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48236E #496E23

analogous

#23236E #48236E #6D236E

triadic

#48236E #6E4823 #236E48

tetradic

#48236E #6E2323 #496E23 #236E6D

square

#48236E #6E2323 #496E23 #236E6D

split-complementary

#48236E #6E6D23 #236E23

monochromatic

#0F0717 #2A1440 #48236E #66329C #8547C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#48236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#48236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48236E

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48236E	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#09366C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.125 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6098',
    500: '#48236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48236e;
$custom-light: #7e6098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.6,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3479,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48236E

secondary

#77A14C

accent

#DB4D95

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48236E

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

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