#48238F#48238F

#48238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.165 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48238F
RGB	rgb(72, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(261, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.45, 42.54, -53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.45, 68.19, 308.60°)
OKLab	oklab(37.64% 0.0623 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(37.64% 0.165 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.2301, 4.5627, 26.4283)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48238F #6A8F23

analogous

#23348F #48238F #7E238F

triadic

#48238F #8F4823 #238F48

tetradic

#48238F #8F2334 #6A8F23 #238F7E

square

#48238F #8F2334 #6A8F23 #238F7E

split-complementary

#48238F #8F7E23 #348F23

monochromatic

#160B2D #2F175E #48238F #612FC0 #8257D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#48238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#48238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48238F

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48238F	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.165 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362b1',
    500: '#48238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48238f;
$custom-light: #8362b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.556,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37635,
    "c": 0.16512,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48238F

secondary

#97BA54

accent

#E444AD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #48238F

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

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