#48237B#48237B

#48237B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.141 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48237B
RGB	rgb(72, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(265, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.70, 36.92, -43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.70, 57.13, 310.26°)
OKLab	oklab(35.85% 0.0666 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(35.85% 0.141 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8478, 4.0097, 19.1482)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.27

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48237B #567B23

analogous

#232A7B #48237B #74237B

triadic

#48237B #7B4823 #237B48

tetradic

#48237B #7B232A #567B23 #237B74

square

#48237B #7B232A #567B23 #237B74

split-complementary

#48237B #7B7423 #2A7B23

monochromatic

#10081C #2C154B #48237B #6431AB #824CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#48237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#48237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48237B

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48237B	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.141 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8061a2',
    500: '#48237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48237b;
$custom-light: #8061a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.227,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35854,
    "c": 0.14115,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48237B

secondary

#85AE4C

accent

#DF49A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48237B

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

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