#48278F#48278F

#48278F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.160 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48278F
RGB	rgb(72, 39, 143)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 72.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.19, 40.45, -52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.19, 65.95, 307.84°)
OKLab	oklab(38.16% 0.0586 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(38.16% 0.16 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3545, 4.8116, 26.4698)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48278F #6E8F27

analogous

#273A8F #48278F #7C278F

triadic

#48278F #8F4827 #278F48

tetradic

#48278F #8F273A #6E8F27 #278F7C

square

#48278F #8F273A #6E8F27 #278F7C

split-complementary

#48278F #8F7C27 #3A8F27

monochromatic

#180D2F #301A5F #48278F #6034BF #835DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#48278F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#48278F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48278F

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48278F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48278F	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48278f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 39, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.160 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8264b1',
    500: '#48278f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48278f;
$custom-light: #8264b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48278f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.038,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38159,
    "c": 0.16047,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48278F

secondary

#9AB85A

accent

#E047B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48278F

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

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