#48238D#48238D

#48238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.163 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48238D
RGB	rgb(72, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.27, 41.97, -52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.27, 67.10, 308.72°)
OKLab	oklab(37.45% 0.0628 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(37.45% 0.163 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0799, 4.5026, 25.6375)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48238D #688D23

analogous

#23338D #48238D #7D238D

triadic

#48238D #8D4823 #238D48

tetradic

#48238D #8D2333 #688D23 #238D7D

square

#48238D #8D2333 #688D23 #238D7D

split-complementary

#48238D #8D7D23 #338D23

monochromatic

#160B2B #2F175C #48238D #612FBE #8255D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#48238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#48238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48238D

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48238D	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.163 292.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.943,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3745,
    "c": 0.16276,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48238D

secondary

#95B953

accent

#E344AC

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48238D

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

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