#48249D#48249D

#48249D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.180 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48249D
RGB	rgb(72, 36, 157)
HSL	hsl(258, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 77.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.94, 46.02, -59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.94, 75.18, 307.74°)
OKLab	oklab(39.09% 0.0578 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(39.09% 0.18 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.3874, 5.0733, 32.3764)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48249D #799D24

analogous

#243D9D #48249D #84249D

triadic

#48249D #9D4824 #249D48

tetradic

#48249D #9D243D #799D24 #249D84

square

#48249D #9D243D #799D24 #249D84

split-complementary

#48249D #9D8424 #3D9D24

monochromatic

#1A0D39 #31196B #48249D #5F2FCF #8561DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#48249D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#48249D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48249D

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48249D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48249D	1.00	10.42	2.01	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48249d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 36, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.180 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563bb',
    500: '#48249d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48249d;
$custom-light: #8563bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48249d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.851,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39086,
    "c": 0.18046,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48249D

secondary

#A2C05D

accent

#E642B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48249D

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

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