#48277D#48277D

#48277D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.138 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48277D
RGB	rgb(72, 39, 125)
HSL	hsl(263, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(263, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 68.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.67, 35.27, -43.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.67, 55.84, 309.16°)
OKLab	oklab(36.6% 0.0618 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(36.6% 0.138 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0987, 4.3093, 19.8558)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48277D #5C7D27

analogous

#27317D #48277D #73277D

triadic

#48277D #7D4827 #277D48

tetradic

#48277D #7D2731 #5C7D27 #277D73

square

#48277D #7D2731 #5C7D27 #277D73

split-complementary

#48277D #7D7327 #317D27

monochromatic

#120A20 #2D184E #48277D #6336AC #8255CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#48277D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#48277D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48277D

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48277D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48277D	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48277d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 39, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.138 296.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48277d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.023,
    "s": 52.439,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36597,
    "c": 0.13816,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48277D

secondary

#8BAF51

accent

#DC4CA5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48277D

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

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