#48238A#48238A

#48238A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.159 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48238A
RGB	rgb(72, 35, 138)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 74.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.00, 41.12, -50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.00, 65.46, 308.92°)
OKLab	oklab(37.18% 0.0635 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(37.18% 0.159 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8597, 4.4145, 24.4778)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.08

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48238A #658A23

analogous

#23328A #48238A #7C238A

triadic

#48238A #8A4823 #238A48

tetradic

#48238A #8A2332 #658A23 #238A7C

square

#48238A #8A2332 #658A23 #238A7C

split-complementary

#48238A #8A7C23 #328A23

monochromatic

#150A28 #2F1759 #48238A #612FBB #8254D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#48238A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#48238A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48238A

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48238A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48238A	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48238a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 35, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.159 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8262ad',
    500: '#48238a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48238a;
$custom-light: #8262ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48238a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.553,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37175,
    "c": 0.1592,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48238A

secondary

#93B751

accent

#E345AA

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48238A

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

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