#48259A#48259A

#48259A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.176 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48259A
RGB	rgb(72, 37, 154)
HSL	hsl(258, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 76%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.83, 44.67, -57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.83, 73.05, 307.70°)
OKLab	oklab(38.92% 0.0578 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(38.92% 0.176 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1651, 5.0335, 31.0542)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48259A #779A25

analogous

#253C9A #48259A #83259A

triadic

#48259A #9A4825 #259A48

tetradic

#48259A #9A253C #779A25 #259A83

square

#48259A #9A253C #779A25 #259A83

split-complementary

#48259A #9A8325 #3C9A25

monochromatic

#1A0D37 #311969 #48259A #5F31CB #8560D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.46

#48259A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#48259A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48259A

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48259A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48259A	1.00	10.46	2.01	10.46
#FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48259a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 37, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.176 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463b9',
    500: '#48259a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48259a;
$custom-light: #8463b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48259a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.949,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3892,
    "c": 0.17591,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48259A

secondary

#A1BE5D

accent

#E443B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48259A

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

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