#48248E#48248E

#48248E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.163 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48248E
RGB	rgb(72, 36, 142)
HSL	hsl(260, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(260, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 74.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.54, 41.74, -52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.54, 67.09, 308.48°)
OKLab	oklab(37.67% 0.0617 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(37.67% 0.163 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1845, 4.5922, 26.0411)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48248E #6A8E24

analogous

#24358E #48248E #7D248E

triadic

#48248E #8E4824 #248E48

tetradic

#48248E #8E2435 #6A8E24 #248E7D

square

#48248E #8E2435 #6A8E24 #248E7D

split-complementary

#48248E #8E7D24 #358E24

monochromatic

#160B2C #2F185D #48248E #6130BF #8258D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#48248E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#48248E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48248E

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48248E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48248E	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48248e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 36, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.163 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8262b0',
    500: '#48248e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48248e;
$custom-light: #8262b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48248e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.377,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3767,
    "c": 0.1628,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48248E

secondary

#97B955

accent

#E345AD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48248E

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

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