#48239F#48239F

#48239F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.184 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48239F
RGB	rgb(72, 35, 159)
HSL	hsl(258, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 78%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.97, 47.07, -60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.97, 76.76, 307.83°)
OKLab	oklab(39.16% 0.0579 -0.1744)
OKLCH	oklch(39.16% 0.184 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5297, 5.0825, 33.2730)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48239F #7A9F23

analogous

#233C9F #48239F #86239F

triadic

#48239F #9F4823 #239F48

tetradic

#48239F #9F233C #7A9F23 #239F86

square

#48239F #9F233C #7A9F23 #239F86

split-complementary

#48239F #9F8623 #3C9F23

monochromatic

#1B0D3B #31186D #48239F #5F2ED1 #8560DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#48239F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#48239F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48239F

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48239F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48239F	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48239f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 35, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.184 288.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48239f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.903,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39163,
    "c": 0.18377,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48239F

secondary

#A3C15D

accent

#E741B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48239F

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

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