#48238B#48238B

#48238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.160 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48238B
RGB	rgb(72, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.09, 41.41, -51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.09, 66.00, 308.85°)
OKLab	oklab(37.27% 0.0633 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(37.27% 0.16 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9324, 4.4436, 24.8608)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.18

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48238B #668B23

analogous

#23328B #48238B #7C238B

triadic

#48238B #8B4823 #238B48

tetradic

#48238B #8B2332 #668B23 #238B7C

square

#48238B #8B2332 #668B23 #238B7C

split-complementary

#48238B #8B7C23 #328B23

monochromatic

#150A29 #2F175A #48238B #612FBC #8254D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#48238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#48238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48238B

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48238B	1.00	11.12	1.89	11.12
#FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.160 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8262ae',
    500: '#48238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48238b;
$custom-light: #8262ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.346,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37267,
    "c": 0.16038,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48238B

secondary

#94B852

accent

#E345AB

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48238B

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

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