#48279B#48279B

#48279B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.175 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48279B
RGB	rgb(72, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.28, 43.94, -57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.28, 72.50, 307.30°)
OKLab	oklab(39.27% 0.0559 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(39.27% 0.175 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3127, 5.1949, 31.5160)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48279B #7A9B27

analogous

#27409B #48279B #82279B

triadic

#48279B #9B4827 #279B48

tetradic

#48279B #9B2740 #7A9B27 #279B82

square

#48279B #9B2740 #7A9B27 #279B82

split-complementary

#48279B #9B8227 #409B27

monochromatic

#1B0E39 #311B6A #48279B #5F33CC #8564D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#48279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#48279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48279B

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48279B	1.00	10.30	2.04	10.30
#FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.175 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8465ba',
    500: '#48279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48279b;
$custom-light: #8465ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.069,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39268,
    "c": 0.17494,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48279B

secondary

#A3BE60

accent

#E345B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48279B

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

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