#48278E#48278E

#48278E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.159 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48278E
RGB	rgb(72, 39, 142)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 72.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.10, 40.16, -51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.10, 65.39, 307.89°)
OKLab	oklab(38.07% 0.0588 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(38.07% 0.159 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2791, 4.7814, 26.0726)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48278E #6D8E27

analogous

#273A8E #48278E #7B278E

triadic

#48278E #8E4827 #278E48

tetradic

#48278E #8E273A #6D8E27 #278E7B

square

#48278E #8E273A #6D8E27 #278E7B

split-complementary

#48278E #8E7B27 #3A8E27

monochromatic

#170D2E #301A5E #48278E #6034BE #835DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#48278E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#48278E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48278E

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48278E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48278E	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48278e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 39, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.159 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8264b0',
    500: '#48278e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48278e;
$custom-light: #8264b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48278e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.223,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38069,
    "c": 0.15925,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48278E

secondary

#99B859

accent

#E048AF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48278E

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

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