#48248C#48248C

#48248C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.160 H 292.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48248C
RGB	rgb(72, 36, 140)
HSL	hsl(261, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 74.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.36, 41.17, -51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.36, 66.00, 308.60°)
OKLab	oklab(37.49% 0.0621 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(37.49% 0.16 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0357, 4.5327, 25.2574)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48248C #688C24

analogous

#24348C #48248C #7C248C

triadic

#48248C #8C4824 #248C48

tetradic

#48248C #8C2434 #688C24 #248C7C

square

#48248C #8C2434 #688C24 #248C7C

split-complementary

#48248C #8C7C24 #348C24

monochromatic

#160B2B #2F175B #48248C #6131BD #8257D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#48248C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#48248C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48248C

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48248C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48248C	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48248c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 36, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.160 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8262af',
    500: '#48248c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48248c;
$custom-light: #8262af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48248c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.769,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37487,
    "c": 0.16041,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48248C

secondary

#95B854

accent

#E246AC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48248C

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

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