#48278A#48278A

#48278A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.154 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48278A
RGB	rgb(72, 39, 138)
HSL	hsl(260, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(260, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 71.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.75, 39.01, -49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.75, 63.17, 308.13°)
OKLab	oklab(37.71% 0.0596 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(37.71% 0.154 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9842, 4.6635, 24.5193)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48278A #698A27

analogous

#27388A #48278A #7A278A

triadic

#48278A #8A4827 #278A48

tetradic

#48278A #8A2738 #698A27 #278A7A

square

#48278A #8A2738 #698A27 #278A7A

split-complementary

#48278A #8A7A27 #388A27

monochromatic

#160C2B #2F1A5A #48278A #6134BA #825BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#48278A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#48278A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48278A

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48278A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48278A	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48278a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 39, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.154 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8164ad',
    500: '#48278a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48278a;
$custom-light: #8164ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48278a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37713,
    "c": 0.15435,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48278A

secondary

#96B657

accent

#DF49AD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48278A

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

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