#48237E#48237E

#48237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.145 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48237E
RGB	rgb(72, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.95, 37.75, -45.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.95, 58.81, 309.94°)
OKLab	oklab(36.11% 0.0661 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(36.11% 0.145 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0384, 4.0860, 20.1525)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48237E #597E23

analogous

#232B7E #48237E #76237E

triadic

#48237E #7E4823 #237E48

tetradic

#48237E #7E232B #597E23 #237E76

square

#48237E #7E232B #597E23 #237E76

split-complementary

#48237E #7E7623 #2B7E23

monochromatic

#11081E #2D164E #48237E #6330AE #824ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#48237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#48237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48237E

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48237E	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.145 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8061a4',
    500: '#48237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48237e;
$custom-light: #8061a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.396,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36111,
    "c": 0.14479,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48237E

secondary

#88B04C

accent

#E048A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48237E

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

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