#48279F#48279F

#48279F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.180 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48279F
RGB	rgb(72, 39, 159)
HSL	hsl(257, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 75.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.66, 45.10, -59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.66, 74.66, 307.17°)
OKLab	oklab(39.65% 0.0549 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(39.65% 0.18 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.6542, 5.3315, 33.3145)
Luminance	0.0533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48279F #7E9F27

analogous

#27429F #48279F #84279F

triadic

#48279F #9F4827 #279F48

tetradic

#48279F #9F2742 #7E9F27 #279F84

square

#48279F #9F2742 #7E9F27 #279F84

split-complementary

#48279F #9F8427 #429F27

monochromatic

#1B0F3D #321B6E #48279F #5F36CE #8667DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.16

#48279F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#48279F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48279F

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48279F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48279F	1.00	10.16	2.07	10.16
#FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48279f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 39, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.180 287.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48279f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39648,
    "c": 0.1797,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48279F

secondary

#A6C062

accent

#E444B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48279F

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

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