#48237C#48237C

#48237C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.142 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48237C
RGB	rgb(72, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(265, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.79, 37.19, -44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.79, 57.69, 310.15°)
OKLab	oklab(35.94% 0.0664 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(35.94% 0.142 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9107, 4.0349, 19.4796)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.21

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48237C #577C23

analogous

#232A7C #48237C #74237C

triadic

#48237C #7C4823 #237C48

tetradic

#48237C #7C232A #577C23 #237C74

square

#48237C #7C232A #577C23 #237C74

split-complementary

#48237C #7C7423 #2A7C23

monochromatic

#11081D #2C164C #48237C #6430AC #824DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#48237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#48237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48237C

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48237C	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.142 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8061a3',
    500: '#48237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48237c;
$custom-light: #8061a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.944,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35939,
    "c": 0.14236,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48237C

secondary

#86AF4C

accent

#DF49A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48237C

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

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