#48239E#48239E

#48239E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.183 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48239E
RGB	rgb(72, 35, 158)
HSL	hsl(258, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 77.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.87, 46.79, -60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.87, 76.23, 307.87°)
OKLab	oklab(39.07% 0.0582 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(39.07% 0.183 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.4433, 5.0479, 32.8179)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48239E #799E23

analogous

#233B9E #48239E #86239E

triadic

#48239E #9E4823 #239E48

tetradic

#48239E #9E233B #799E23 #239E86

square

#48239E #9E233B #799E23 #239E86

split-complementary

#48239E #9E8623 #3B9E23

monochromatic

#1A0D3A #31186C #48239E #5F2ED0 #8560DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.45

#48239E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#48239E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48239E

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48239E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48239E	1.00	10.45	2.01	10.45
#FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48239e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 35, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.183 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563bc',
    500: '#48239e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48239e;
$custom-light: #8563bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48239e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.049,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39066,
    "c": 0.18262,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48239E

secondary

#A2C15C

accent

#E741B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48239E

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

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