#48288B#48288B

#48288B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.154 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48288B
RGB	rgb(72, 40, 139)
HSL	hsl(259, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 71.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.04, 38.75, -49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.04, 63.14, 307.86°)
OKLab	oklab(37.94% 0.0584 -0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(37.94% 0.154 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0902, 4.7591, 24.9134)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48288B #6B8B28

analogous

#28398B #48288B #79288B

triadic

#48288B #8B4828 #288B48

tetradic

#48288B #8B2839 #6B8B28 #288B79

square

#48288B #8B2839 #6B8B28 #288B79

split-complementary

#48288B #8B7928 #398B28

monochromatic

#170D2C #2F1A5B #48288B #6136BB #825DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#48288B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#48288B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48288B

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48288B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48288B	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48288b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 40, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.154 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8265ae',
    500: '#48288b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48288b;
$custom-light: #8265ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48288b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.394,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37942,
    "c": 0.15432,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48288B

secondary

#98B659

accent

#DF49AE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48288B

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

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