#48257F#48257F

#48257F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.143 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48257F
RGB	rgb(72, 37, 127)
HSL	hsl(263, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(263, 71%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 70.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.43, 36.95, -44.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.43, 58.19, 309.42°)
OKLab	oklab(36.48% 0.0637 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(36.48% 0.143 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1638, 4.2330, 20.5142)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48257F #5C7F25

analogous

#252F7F #48257F #75257F

triadic

#48257F #7F4825 #257F48

tetradic

#48257F #7F252F #5C7F25 #257F75

square

#48257F #7F252F #5C7F25 #257F75

split-complementary

#48257F #7F7525 #2F7F25

monochromatic

#120920 #2D1750 #48257F #6333AE #8252CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#48257F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#48257F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48257F

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48257F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48257F	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48257f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 37, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.143 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8062a5',
    500: '#48257f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48257f;
$custom-light: #8062a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48257f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 54.878,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36475,
    "c": 0.14337,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48257F

secondary

#8BB14F

accent

#DE4AA4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48257F

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

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