#48259F#48259F

#48259F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.182 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48259F
RGB	rgb(72, 37, 159)
HSL	hsl(257, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 76.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.31, 46.10, -60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.31, 75.73, 307.51°)
OKLab	oklab(39.4% 0.0564 -0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(39.4% 0.182 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.5902, 5.2036, 33.2932)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48259F #7C9F25

analogous

#253F9F #48259F #85259F

triadic

#48259F #9F4825 #259F48

tetradic

#48259F #9F253F #7C9F25 #259F85

square

#48259F #9F253F #7C9F25 #259F85

split-complementary

#48259F #9F8525 #3F9F25

monochromatic

#1B0E3C #32196D #48259F #5F32CF #8664DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#48259F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#48259F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48259F

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48259F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48259F	1.00	10.29	2.04	10.29
#FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48259f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 37, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.182 288.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48259f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.213,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.394,
    "c": 0.18177,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48259F

secondary

#A5C05F

accent

#E542B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48259F

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

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