#48258B#48258B

#48258B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.158 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48258B
RGB	rgb(72, 37, 139)
HSL	hsl(261, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 73.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.46, 40.37, -50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.46, 64.88, 308.47°)
OKLab	oklab(37.53% 0.0614 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(37.53% 0.158 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9930, 4.5647, 24.8810)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48258B #688B25

analogous

#25358B #48258B #7B258B

triadic

#48258B #8B4825 #258B48

tetradic

#48258B #8B2535 #688B25 #258B7B

square

#48258B #8B2535 #688B25 #258B7B

split-complementary

#48258B #8B7B25 #358B25

monochromatic

#160B2A #2F185B #48258B #6132BB #8258D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#48258B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#48258B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48258B

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48258B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48258B	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48258b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 37, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.158 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8263ae',
    500: '#48258b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48258b;
$custom-light: #8263ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48258b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.588,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37529,
    "c": 0.15802,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48258B

secondary

#95B755

accent

#E147AC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48258B

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

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