#48237D#48237D

#48237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.144 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48237D
RGB	rgb(72, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(265, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.87, 37.47, -44.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.87, 58.25, 310.04°)
OKLab	oklab(36.03% 0.0663 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(36.03% 0.144 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9742, 4.0603, 19.8143)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.16

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48237D #587D23

analogous

#232B7D #48237D #75237D

triadic

#48237D #7D4823 #237D48

tetradic

#48237D #7D232B #587D23 #237D75

square

#48237D #7D232B #587D23 #237D75

split-complementary

#48237D #7D7523 #2B7D23

monochromatic

#11081D #2C164D #48237D #6430AD #824DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#48237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#48237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48237D

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48237D	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.144 297.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.667,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36025,
    "c": 0.14358,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48237D

secondary

#87AF4C

accent

#E048A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48237D

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

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