#48239D#48239D

#48239D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.181 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48239D
RGB	rgb(72, 35, 157)
HSL	hsl(258, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 77.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.77, 46.51, -59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.77, 75.70, 307.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.97% 0.0585 -0.1718)
OKLCH	oklch(38.97% 0.181 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.3575, 5.0137, 32.3664)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48239D #789D23

analogous

#233B9D #48239D #85239D

triadic

#48239D #9D4823 #239D48

tetradic

#48239D #9D233B #789D23 #239D85

square

#48239D #9D233B #789D23 #239D85

split-complementary

#48239D #9D8523 #3B9D23

monochromatic

#1A0D39 #31186B #48239D #5F2ECF #855FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#48239D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#48239D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48239D

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48239D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48239D	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48239d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 35, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.181 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563bb',
    500: '#48239d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48239d;
$custom-light: #8563bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48239d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.197,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38968,
    "c": 0.18146,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48239D

secondary

#A2C05C

accent

#E741B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48239D

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

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