#48269E#48269E

#48269E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.180 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48269E
RGB	rgb(72, 38, 158)
HSL	hsl(257, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 75.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.39, 45.32, -59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.39, 74.66, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(39.43% 0.0559 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(39.43% 0.18 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.5353, 5.2321, 32.8486)
Luminance	0.0523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48269E #7C9E26

analogous

#26409E #48269E #84269E

triadic

#48269E #9E4826 #269E48

tetradic

#48269E #9E2640 #7C9E26 #269E84

square

#48269E #9E2640 #7C9E26 #269E84

split-complementary

#48269E #9E8426 #409E26

monochromatic

#1B0E3B #321A6D #48269E #5F33CE #8665DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#48269E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#48269E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48269E

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48269E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48269E	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48269e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 38, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.180 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564bc',
    500: '#48269e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48269e;
$custom-light: #8564bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48269e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39427,
    "c": 0.17957,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48269E

secondary

#A5C060

accent

#E443B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48269E

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

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