#48237F#48237F

#48237F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.146 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48237F
RGB	rgb(72, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 72.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.04, 38.03, -45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.04, 59.37, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(36.2% 0.0659 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(36.2% 0.146 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1033, 4.1119, 20.4940)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48237F #5A7F23

analogous

#232C7F #48237F #76237F

triadic

#48237F #7F4823 #237F48

tetradic

#48237F #7F232C #5A7F23 #237F76

square

#48237F #7F232C #5A7F23 #237F76

split-complementary

#48237F #7F7623 #2C7F23

monochromatic

#12091F #2D164F #48237F #6330AF #824ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#48237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#48237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48237F

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48237F	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.146 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8061a5',
    500: '#48237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48237f;
$custom-light: #8061a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.13,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36197,
    "c": 0.146,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48237F

secondary

#89B14C

accent

#E048A3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48237F

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

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