#48276E#48276E

#48276E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.119 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48276E
RGB	rgb(72, 39, 110)
HSL	hsl(268, 48%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(268, 65%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 64.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.52, 31.05, -35.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.52, 47.22, 311.12°)
OKLab	oklab(35.4% 0.0632 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(35.4% 0.119 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2118, 3.9545, 15.1849)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48276E #4D6E27

analogous

#272A6E #48276E #6C276E

triadic

#48276E #6E4827 #276E48

tetradic

#48276E #6E272A #4D6E27 #276E6C

square

#48276E #6E272A #4D6E27 #276E6C

split-complementary

#48276E #6E6C27 #2A6E27

monochromatic

#0F0817 #2A1741 #48276E #66379B #844FC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#48276E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#48276E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48276E

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48276E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48276E	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11386C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403646

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48276e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 39, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.119 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6398',
    500: '#48276e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48276e;
$custom-light: #7e6398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48276e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.887,
    "s": 47.651,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35403,
    "c": 0.11904,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48276E

secondary

#7BA150

accent

#D75199

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48276E

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

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