#48247C#48247C

#48247C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.141 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48247C
RGB	rgb(72, 36, 124)
HSL	hsl(265, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 71%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.98, 36.65, -43.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.98, 57.10, 309.94°)
OKLab	oklab(36.08% 0.0653 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(36.08% 0.141 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9405, 4.0946, 19.4895)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.45

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48247C #587C24

analogous

#242C7C #48247C #74247C

triadic

#48247C #7C4824 #247C48

tetradic

#48247C #7C242C #587C24 #247C74

square

#48247C #7C242C #587C24 #247C74

split-complementary

#48247C #7C7424 #2C7C24

monochromatic

#11081D #2C164D #48247C #6432AB #824FCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#48247C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#48247C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48247C

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48247C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48247C	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48247c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 36, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.141 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8062a3',
    500: '#48247c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48247c;
$custom-light: #8062a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48247c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.545,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36079,
    "c": 0.14103,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48247C

secondary

#87AE4D

accent

#DE49A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48247C

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

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