#48286B#48286B

#48286B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.114 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48286B
RGB	rgb(72, 40, 107)
HSL	hsl(269, 46%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 63%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 62.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.53, 29.64, -33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.53, 44.82, 311.39°)
OKLab	oklab(35.34% 0.0619 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(35.34% 0.114 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.0845, 3.9568, 14.3503)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48286B #4B6B28

analogous

#282A6B #48286B #6A286B

triadic

#48286B #6B4828 #286B48

tetradic

#48286B #6B282A #4B6B28 #286B6A

square

#48286B #6B282A #4B6B28 #286B6A

split-complementary

#48286B #6B6A28 #2A6B28

monochromatic

#0F0816 #2A173E #48286B #663998 #8450BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#48286B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#48286B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48286B

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48286B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48286B	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#07376D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48286b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 40, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.114 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6396',
    500: '#48286b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48286b;
$custom-light: #7e6396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48286b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.657,
    "s": 45.578,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35341,
    "c": 0.11353,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48286B

secondary

#799D51

accent

#D55397

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A050D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48286B

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

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