#48259D#48259D

#48259D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.179 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48259D
RGB	rgb(72, 37, 157)
HSL	hsl(258, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 76.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.12, 45.53, -59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.12, 74.66, 307.58°)
OKLab	oklab(39.21% 0.057 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(39.21% 0.179 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4181, 5.1347, 32.3866)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48259D #7A9D25

analogous

#253E9D #48259D #84259D

triadic

#48259D #9D4825 #259D48

tetradic

#48259D #9D253E #7A9D25 #259D84

square

#48259D #9D253E #7A9D25 #259D84

split-complementary

#48259D #9D8425 #3E9D25

monochromatic

#1B0E3A #31196B #48259D #5F31CE #8562DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#48259D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#48259D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48259D

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48259D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48259D	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48259d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 37, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.179 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564bb',
    500: '#48259d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48259d;
$custom-light: #8564bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48259d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39207,
    "c": 0.17943,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48259D

secondary

#A3BF5E

accent

#E543B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48259D

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

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