#48239C#48239C

#48239C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.180 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48239C
RGB	rgb(72, 35, 156)
HSL	hsl(258, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(258, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 77.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.68, 46.22, -59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.68, 75.17, 307.95°)
OKLab	oklab(38.87% 0.0588 -0.1704)
OKLCH	oklch(38.87% 0.18 289)
XYZ	xyz(9.2725, 4.9796, 31.9186)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48239C #779C23

analogous

#233B9C #48239C #84239C

triadic

#48239C #9C4823 #239C48

tetradic

#48239C #9C233B #779C23 #239C84

square

#48239C #9C233B #779C23 #239C84

split-complementary

#48239C #9C8423 #3B9C23

monochromatic

#1A0D38 #31186A #48239C #5F2ECE #855EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.52

#48239C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#48239C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48239C

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48239C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48239C	1.00	10.52	2.00	10.52
#FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48239c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 35, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.180 289.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48239c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.347,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38871,
    "c": 0.18031,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.0498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48239C

secondary

#A1C05B

accent

#E641B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48239C

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

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