#48286D#48286D

#48286D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.116 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48286D
RGB	rgb(72, 40, 109)
HSL	hsl(268, 46%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(268, 63%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 63.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.67, 30.19, -34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.67, 45.99, 311.03°)
OKLab	oklab(35.49% 0.0619 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(35.49% 0.116 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.1910, 3.9994, 14.9108)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48286D #4D6D28

analogous

#282B6D #48286D #6B286D

triadic

#48286D #6D4828 #286D48

tetradic

#48286D #6D282B #4D6D28 #286D6B

square

#48286D #6D282B #4D6D28 #286D6B

split-complementary

#48286D #6D6B28 #2B6D28

monochromatic

#0F0816 #2A1840 #48286D #66389A #8450BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#48286D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#48286D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48286D

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48286D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48286D	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#03386F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14386B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413646

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48286d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 40, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.116 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6497',
    500: '#48286d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48286d;
$custom-light: #7e6497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48286d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.826,
    "s": 46.309,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35489,
    "c": 0.11614,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48286D

secondary

#7B9F51

accent

#D65299

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A050D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48286D

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

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