#48255D#48255D

#48255D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.101 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48255D
RGB	rgb(72, 37, 93)
HSL	hsl(278, 43%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(278, 60%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 60.2%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.91, 27.72, -27.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.91, 38.74, 315.68°)
OKLab	oklab(33.86% 0.066 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(33.86% 0.101 311)
XYZ	xyz(5.3095, 3.4913, 10.7480)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.10

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48255D #3A5D25

analogous

#2C255D #48255D #5D2556

triadic

#48255D #5D4825 #255D48

tetradic

#48255D #5D2C25 #3A5D25 #25565D

square

#48255D #5D2C25 #3A5D25 #25565D

split-complementary

#48255D #565D25 #255D2C

monochromatic

#110916 #261431 #48255D #6A3689 #8C48B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#48255D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#48255D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48255D

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48255D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48255D	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14335F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20355C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452F3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48255d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 37, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.101 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d618b',
    500: '#48255d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48255d;
$custom-light: #7d618b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48255d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 43.077,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33856,
    "c": 0.1006,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.03491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48255D

secondary

#67904D

accent

#D35584

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEEAF0

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #48255D

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

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