#48279D#48279D

#48279D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.177 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48279D
RGB	rgb(72, 39, 157)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 75.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.47, 44.52, -58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.47, 73.58, 307.23°)
OKLab	oklab(39.46% 0.0554 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(39.46% 0.177 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.4820, 5.2626, 32.4079)
Luminance	0.0526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48279D #7C9D27

analogous

#27419D #48279D #83279D

triadic

#48279D #9D4827 #279D48

tetradic

#48279D #9D2741 #7C9D27 #279D83

square

#48279D #9D2741 #7C9D27 #279D83

split-complementary

#48279D #9D8327 #419D27

monochromatic

#1B0F3B #321B6C #48279D #5F35CD #8666D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#48279D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#48279D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48279D

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48279D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48279D	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48279d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 39, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.177 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8465bb',
    500: '#48279d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48279d;
$custom-light: #8465bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48279d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.78,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39457,
    "c": 0.17732,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48279D

secondary

#A5BF61

accent

#E344B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48279D

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

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