#48238C#48238C

#48238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.162 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48238C
RGB	rgb(72, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.18, 41.69, -51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.18, 66.55, 308.79°)
OKLab	oklab(37.36% 0.0631 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(37.36% 0.162 293)
XYZ	xyz(8.0058, 4.4730, 25.2474)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48238C #678C23

analogous

#23338C #48238C #7D238C

triadic

#48238C #8C4823 #238C48

tetradic

#48238C #8C2333 #678C23 #238C7D

square

#48238C #8C2333 #678C23 #238C7D

split-complementary

#48238C #8C7D23 #338C23

monochromatic

#160B2A #2F175B #48238C #612FBD #8255D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#48238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#48238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48238C

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48238C	1.00	11.08	1.89	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.162 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8262af',
    500: '#48238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48238c;
$custom-light: #8262af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37358,
    "c": 0.16157,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.04473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48238C

secondary

#94B852

accent

#E345AB

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48238C

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

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