#48248B#48248B

#48248B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.159 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48248B
RGB	rgb(72, 36, 139)
HSL	hsl(261, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(261, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 74.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.27, 40.89, -51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.27, 65.45, 308.67°)
OKLab	oklab(37.4% 0.0624 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(37.4% 0.159 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9623, 4.5033, 24.8708)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48248B #678B24

analogous

#24348B #48248B #7C248B

triadic

#48248B #8B4824 #248B48

tetradic

#48248B #8B2434 #678B24 #248B7C

square

#48248B #8B2434 #678B24 #248B7C

split-complementary

#48248B #8B7C24 #348B24

monochromatic

#160B2A #2F175A #48248B #6131BC #8256D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#48248B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#48248B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48248B

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48248B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48248B	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48248b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 36, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.159 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8262ae',
    500: '#48248b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48248b;
$custom-light: #8262ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48248b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.971,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37396,
    "c": 0.15921,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48248B

secondary

#94B753

accent

#E246AB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48248B

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

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