#48239B#48239B

#48239B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.179 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48239B
RGB	rgb(72, 35, 155)
HSL	hsl(259, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 77.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.58, 45.94, -58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.58, 74.64, 307.99°)
OKLab	oklab(38.77% 0.0591 -0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(38.77% 0.179 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.1882, 4.9459, 31.4745)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48239B #769B23

analogous

#233A9B #48239B #84239B

triadic

#48239B #9B4823 #239B48

tetradic

#48239B #9B233A #769B23 #239B84

square

#48239B #9B233A #769B23 #239B84

split-complementary

#48239B #9B8423 #3A9B23

monochromatic

#1A0C37 #311869 #48239B #5F2ECD #845EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#48239B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#48239B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48239B

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48239B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48239B	1.00	10.56	1.99	10.56
#FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48239b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 35, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.179 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462ba',
    500: '#48239b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48239b;
$custom-light: #8462ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48239b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38774,
    "c": 0.17916,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48239B

secondary

#A0BF5A

accent

#E642B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48239B

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

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