#48249B#48249B

#48249B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.178 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48249B
RGB	rgb(72, 36, 155)
HSL	hsl(258, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(258, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 76.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.75, 45.45, -58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.75, 74.12, 307.82°)
OKLab	oklab(38.89% 0.0583 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(38.89% 0.178 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.2180, 5.0056, 31.4845)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48249B #779B24

analogous

#243C9B #48249B #83249B

triadic

#48249B #9B4824 #249B48

tetradic

#48249B #9B243C #779B24 #249B83

square

#48249B #9B243C #779B24 #249B83

split-complementary

#48249B #9B8324 #3C9B24

monochromatic

#1A0D38 #311869 #48249B #5F30CD #855FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#48249B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#48249B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48249B

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48249B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48249B	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48249b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 36, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.178 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463ba',
    500: '#48249b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48249b;
$custom-light: #8463ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48249b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.151,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38893,
    "c": 0.17813,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48249B

secondary

#A1BF5C

accent

#E542B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48249B

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

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