#48268E#48268E

#48268E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.160 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48268E
RGB	rgb(72, 38, 142)
HSL	hsl(260, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(260, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 73.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.91, 40.70, -51.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.91, 65.97, 308.09°)
OKLab	oklab(37.93% 0.0598 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(37.93% 0.16 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2467, 4.7166, 26.0618)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48268E #6C8E26

analogous

#26388E #48268E #7C268E

triadic

#48268E #8E4826 #268E48

tetradic

#48268E #8E2638 #6C8E26 #268E7C

square

#48268E #8E2638 #6C8E26 #268E7C

split-complementary

#48268E #8E7C26 #388E26

monochromatic

#170C2D #30195E #48268E #6033BE #825BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#48268E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#48268E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48268E

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48268E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48268E	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48268e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 38, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.160 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8263b0',
    500: '#48268e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48268e;
$custom-light: #8263b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48268e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.615,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37934,
    "c": 0.16045,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48268E

secondary

#99B858

accent

#E147AF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48268E

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

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