#48278D#48278D

#48278D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.158 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48278D
RGB	rgb(72, 39, 141)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 72.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.02, 39.87, -51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.02, 64.84, 307.95°)
OKLab	oklab(37.98% 0.059 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(37.98% 0.158 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2044, 4.7516, 25.6790)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48278D #6C8D27

analogous

#27398D #48278D #7B278D

triadic

#48278D #8D4827 #278D48

tetradic

#48278D #8D2739 #6C8D27 #278D7B

square

#48278D #8D2739 #6C8D27 #278D7B

split-complementary

#48278D #8D7B27 #398D27

monochromatic

#170C2D #301A5D #48278D #6034BD #825CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#48278D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#48278D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48278D

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48278D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48278D	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48278d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 39, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.158 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8264af',
    500: '#48278d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48278d;
$custom-light: #8264af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48278d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.412,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3798,
    "c": 0.15802,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48278D

secondary

#99B759

accent

#E048AF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48278D

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

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