#48279E#48279E

#48279E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.179 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48279E
RGB	rgb(72, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.56, 44.81, -59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.56, 74.12, 307.20°)
OKLab	oklab(39.55% 0.0551 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(39.55% 0.179 288)
XYZ	xyz(9.5677, 5.2969, 32.8594)
Luminance	0.0530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48279E #7D9E27

analogous

#27419E #48279E #83279E

triadic

#48279E #9E4827 #279E48

tetradic

#48279E #9E2741 #7D9E27 #279E83

square

#48279E #9E2741 #7D9E27 #279E83

split-complementary

#48279E #9E8327 #419E27

monochromatic

#1B0F3C #321B6D #48279E #5F35CD #8666D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#48279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#48279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48279E

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48279E	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.179 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8565bc',
    500: '#48279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48279e;
$custom-light: #8565bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.639,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39552,
    "c": 0.17851,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.05297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48279E

secondary

#A5BF62

accent

#E444B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48279E

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

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