#48238E#48238E

#48238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.164 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48238E
RGB	rgb(72, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.36, 42.25, -52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.36, 67.64, 308.66°)
OKLab	oklab(37.54% 0.0626 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(37.54% 0.164 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1546, 4.5325, 26.0311)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48238E #698E23

analogous

#23338E #48238E #7E238E

triadic

#48238E #8E4823 #238E48

tetradic

#48238E #8E2333 #698E23 #238E7E

square

#48238E #8E2333 #698E23 #238E7E

split-complementary

#48238E #8E7E23 #338E23

monochromatic

#160B2C #2F175D #48238E #612FBF #8256D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#48238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#48238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48238E

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48238E	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.164 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8262b0',
    500: '#48238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48238e;
$custom-light: #8262b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.748,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37543,
    "c": 0.16394,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48238E

secondary

#96B953

accent

#E444AC

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #48238E

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

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