#48257E#48257E

#48257E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.142 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48257E
RGB	rgb(72, 37, 126)
HSL	hsl(264, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 70.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.34, 36.67, -44.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.34, 57.63, 309.52°)
OKLab	oklab(36.39% 0.0639 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(36.39% 0.142 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0990, 4.2071, 20.1726)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48257E #5B7E25

analogous

#252E7E #48257E #75257E

triadic

#48257E #7E4825 #257E48

tetradic

#48257E #7E252E #5B7E25 #257E75

square

#48257E #7E252E #5B7E25 #257E75

split-complementary

#48257E #7E7525 #2E7E25

monochromatic

#12091F #2D174F #48257E #6333AD #8251CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#48257E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#48257E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48257E

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48257E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48257E	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48257e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 37, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.142 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8062a4',
    500: '#48257e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48257e;
$custom-light: #8062a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48257e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.596,
    "s": 54.601,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3639,
    "c": 0.14214,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48257E

secondary

#8AB04F

accent

#DE4AA4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48257E

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

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