#48247B#48247B

#48247B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.140 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48247B
RGB	rgb(72, 36, 123)
HSL	hsl(265, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 70.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.90, 36.37, -43.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.90, 56.53, 310.05°)
OKLab	oklab(35.99% 0.0655 -0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(35.99% 0.14 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8776, 4.0694, 19.1582)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.51

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48247B #577B24

analogous

#242B7B #48247B #73247B

triadic

#48247B #7B4824 #247B48

tetradic

#48247B #7B242B #577B24 #247B73

square

#48247B #7B242B #577B24 #247B73

split-complementary

#48247B #7B7324 #2B7B24

monochromatic

#11081C #2C164C #48247B #6432AA #824ECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#48247B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#48247B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48247B

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48247B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48247B	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48247b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 36, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.140 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8062a2',
    500: '#48247b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48247b;
$custom-light: #8062a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48247b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35994,
    "c": 0.1398,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48247B

secondary

#86AD4D

accent

#DE4AA1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48247B

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

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