#48249E#48249E

#48249E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.182 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48249E
RGB	rgb(72, 36, 158)
HSL	hsl(258, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 77.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.04, 46.31, -59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.04, 75.72, 307.71°)
OKLab	oklab(39.18% 0.0575 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(39.18% 0.182 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.4731, 5.1076, 32.8278)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48249E #7A9E24

analogous

#243D9E #48249E #85249E

triadic

#48249E #9E4824 #249E48

tetradic

#48249E #9E243D #7A9E24 #249E85

square

#48249E #9E243D #7A9E24 #249E85

split-complementary

#48249E #9E8524 #3D9E24

monochromatic

#1B0D3A #31196C #48249E #5F2FD0 #8561DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#48249E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#48249E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48249E

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48249E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48249E	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48249e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 36, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.182 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563bc',
    500: '#48249e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48249e;
$custom-light: #8563bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48249e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.705,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39183,
    "c": 0.18162,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48249E

secondary

#A3C05E

accent

#E642B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48249E

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

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