#48279A#48279A

#48279A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.174 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48279A
RGB	rgb(72, 39, 154)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 74.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.19, 43.65, -57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.19, 71.96, 307.34°)
OKLab	oklab(39.17% 0.0561 -0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(39.17% 0.174 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2290, 5.1614, 31.0755)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48279A #799A27

analogous

#27409A #48279A #81279A

triadic

#48279A #9A4827 #279A48

tetradic

#48279A #9A2740 #799A27 #279A81

square

#48279A #9A2740 #799A27 #279A81

split-complementary

#48279A #9A8127 #409A27

monochromatic

#1A0E38 #311B69 #48279A #5F33CB #8564D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#48279A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#48279A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48279A

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48279A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48279A	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48279a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 39, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.174 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8465b9',
    500: '#48279a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48279a;
$custom-light: #8465b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48279a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.217,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39174,
    "c": 0.17375,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48279A

secondary

#A2BD5F

accent

#E345B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48279A

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

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