#48277C#48277C

#48277C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.137 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48277C
RGB	rgb(72, 39, 124)
HSL	hsl(263, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(263, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 68.5%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.59, 34.98, -42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.59, 55.27, 309.26°)
OKLab	oklab(36.51% 0.0619 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(36.51% 0.137 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0352, 4.2839, 19.5211)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48277C #5B7C27

analogous

#27317C #48277C #73277C

triadic

#48277C #7C4827 #277C48

tetradic

#48277C #7C2731 #5B7C27 #277C73

square

#48277C #7C2731 #5B7C27 #277C73

split-complementary

#48277C #7C7327 #317C27

monochromatic

#120A1F #2D184D #48277C #6336AB #8254C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#48277C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#48277C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48277C

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48277C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48277C	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48277c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 39, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.137 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8063a3',
    500: '#48277c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48277c;
$custom-light: #8063a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48277c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.294,
    "s": 52.147,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36514,
    "c": 0.13689,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48277C

secondary

#8AAE51

accent

#DC4CA4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48277C

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

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