#48259E#48259E

#48259E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.181 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48259E
RGB	rgb(72, 37, 158)
HSL	hsl(257, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 76.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.21, 45.82, -59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.21, 75.19, 307.54°)
OKLab	oklab(39.3% 0.0567 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(39.3% 0.181 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5038, 5.1690, 32.8381)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48259E #7B9E25

analogous

#253F9E #48259E #84259E

triadic

#48259E #9E4825 #259E48

tetradic

#48259E #9E253F #7B9E25 #259E84

square

#48259E #9E253F #7B9E25 #259E84

split-complementary

#48259E #9E8425 #3F9E25

monochromatic

#1B0E3B #31196C #48259E #5F31CF #8663DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#48259E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#48259E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48259E

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48259E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48259E	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48259e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 37, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.181 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564bc',
    500: '#48259e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48259e;
$custom-light: #8564bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48259e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.355,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39304,
    "c": 0.1806,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48259E

secondary

#A4C05F

accent

#E543B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48259E

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

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