#48278B#48278B

#48278B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.156 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48278B
RGB	rgb(72, 39, 139)
HSL	hsl(260, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(260, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 71.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.84, 39.29, -50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.84, 63.73, 308.07°)
OKLab	oklab(37.8% 0.0594 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(37.8% 0.156 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0569, 4.6926, 24.9023)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48278B #6A8B27

analogous

#27388B #48278B #7A278B

triadic

#48278B #8B4827 #278B48

tetradic

#48278B #8B2738 #6A8B27 #278B7A

square

#48278B #8B2738 #6A8B27 #278B7A

split-complementary

#48278B #8B7A27 #388B27

monochromatic

#160C2B #2F1A5B #48278B #6134BB #825BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#48278B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#48278B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48278B

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48278B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48278B	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48278b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 39, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.156 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8264ae',
    500: '#48278b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48278b;
$custom-light: #8264ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48278b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.8,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37801,
    "c": 0.15557,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48278B

secondary

#97B658

accent

#DF48AE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48278B

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

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