#48255E#48255E

#48255E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.102 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48255E
RGB	rgb(72, 37, 94)
HSL	hsl(277, 44%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 61%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 60.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.98, 27.97, -27.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.98, 39.31, 315.36°)
OKLab	oklab(33.92% 0.0661 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(33.92% 0.102 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.3541, 3.5091, 10.9828)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48255E #3B5E25

analogous

#2B255E #48255E #5E2557

triadic

#48255E #5E4825 #255E48

tetradic

#48255E #5E2B25 #3B5E25 #25575E

square

#48255E #5E2B25 #3B5E25 #25575E

split-complementary

#48255E #575E25 #255E2B

monochromatic

#110916 #261432 #48255E #6A368A #8B48B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#48255E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#48255E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48255E

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48255E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48255E	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#133360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20355D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452F3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48255e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 37, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.102 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d618c',
    500: '#48255e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48255e;
$custom-light: #7d618c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48255e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.842,
    "s": 43.511,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33924,
    "c": 0.10186,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48255E

secondary

#68914D

accent

#D35585

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEEAF0

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #48255E

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

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