#48277A#48277A

#48277A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.134 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48277A
RGB	rgb(72, 39, 122)
HSL	hsl(264, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 68%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 68%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.43, 34.41, -41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.43, 54.13, 309.48°)
OKLab	oklab(36.35% 0.0622 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(36.35% 0.134 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9100, 4.2338, 18.8617)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 6.32

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48277A #597A27

analogous

#27307A #48277A #72277A

triadic

#48277A #7A4827 #277A48

tetradic

#48277A #7A2730 #597A27 #277A72

square

#48277A #7A2730 #597A27 #277A72

split-complementary

#48277A #7A7227 #307A27

monochromatic

#11091D #2D184C #48277A #6336A8 #8253C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#48277A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#48277A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48277A

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48277A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48277A	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48277a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 39, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.134 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f63a1',
    500: '#48277a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48277a;
$custom-light: #7f63a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48277a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.855,
    "s": 51.553,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3635,
    "c": 0.13437,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48277A

secondary

#88AC51

accent

#DB4DA2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48277A

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

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