#48248A#48248A

#48248A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.158 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48248A
RGB	rgb(72, 36, 138)
HSL	hsl(261, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(261, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 73.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.18, 40.60, -50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.18, 64.90, 308.73°)
OKLab	oklab(37.31% 0.0626 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(37.31% 0.158 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8895, 4.4742, 24.4877)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48248A #668A24

analogous

#24338A #48248A #7B248A

triadic

#48248A #8A4824 #248A48

tetradic

#48248A #8A2433 #668A24 #248A7B

square

#48248A #8A2433 #668A24 #248A7B

split-complementary

#48248A #8A7B24 #338A24

monochromatic

#150B29 #2F1759 #48248A #6131BB #8256D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#48248A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#48248A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48248A

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48248A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48248A	1.00	11.08	1.89	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48248a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 36, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.158 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8262ad',
    500: '#48248a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48248a;
$custom-light: #8262ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48248a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37306,
    "c": 0.15801,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48248A

secondary

#94B753

accent

#E246AB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48248A

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

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