#48259B#48259B

#48259B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.177 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48259B
RGB	rgb(72, 37, 155)
HSL	hsl(258, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 76.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.92, 44.96, -58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.92, 73.59, 307.66°)
OKLab	oklab(39.02% 0.0575 -0.1675)
OKLCH	oklch(39.02% 0.177 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2487, 5.0670, 31.4947)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48259B #789B25

analogous

#253D9B #48259B #83259B

triadic

#48259B #9B4825 #259B48

tetradic

#48259B #9B253D #789B25 #259B83

square

#48259B #9B253D #789B25 #259B83

split-complementary

#48259B #9B8325 #3D9B25

monochromatic

#1A0D38 #31196A #48259B #5F31CC #8561D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.43

#48259B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#48259B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48259B

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48259B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48259B	1.00	10.43	2.01	10.43
#FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48259b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 37, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.177 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8464ba',
    500: '#48259b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48259b;
$custom-light: #8464ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48259b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.797,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39016,
    "c": 0.17709,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48259B

secondary

#A2BF5D

accent

#E543B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48259B

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

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