#48287C#48287C

#48287C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.135 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48287C
RGB	rgb(72, 40, 124)
HSL	hsl(263, 51%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(263, 68%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 67.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.80, 34.41, -42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.80, 54.65, 309.03°)
OKLab	oklab(36.67% 0.0608 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(36.67% 0.135 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0684, 4.3504, 19.5322)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48287C #5C7C28

analogous

#28327C #48287C #72287C

triadic

#48287C #7C4828 #287C48

tetradic

#48287C #7C2832 #5C7C28 #287C72

square

#48287C #7C2832 #5C7C28 #287C72

split-complementary

#48287C #7C7228 #327C28

monochromatic

#120A1F #2D194E #48287C #6337AA #8256C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#48287C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#48287C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48287C

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48287C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48287C	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48287c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 40, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.135 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8064a3',
    500: '#48287c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48287c;
$custom-light: #8064a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48287c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36665,
    "c": 0.13548,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48287C

secondary

#8BAD52

accent

#DB4DA5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48287C

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

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