#48257D#48257D

#48257D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.141 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48257D
RGB	rgb(72, 37, 125)
HSL	hsl(264, 54%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 70%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 70.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.26, 36.39, -43.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.26, 57.06, 309.62°)
OKLab	oklab(36.31% 0.0641 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(36.31% 0.141 297)
XYZ	xyz(7.0348, 4.1814, 19.8345)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.63

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48257D #5A7D25

analogous

#252E7D #48257D #74257D

triadic

#48257D #7D4825 #257D48

tetradic

#48257D #7D252E #5A7D25 #257D74

square

#48257D #7D252E #5A7D25 #257D74

split-complementary

#48257D #7D7425 #2E7D25

monochromatic

#12091F #2D174E #48257D #6333AC #8251CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#48257D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#48257D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48257D

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48257D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48257D	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48257d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 37, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.141 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8062a3',
    500: '#48257d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48257d;
$custom-light: #8062a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48257d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.864,
    "s": 54.321,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36305,
    "c": 0.14091,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.04182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48257D

secondary

#89AF4F

accent

#DE4AA3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48257D

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

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