#48289B#48289B

#48289B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.174 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48289B
RGB	rgb(72, 40, 155)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 74.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.47, 43.42, -57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.47, 71.95, 307.12°)
OKLab	oklab(39.4% 0.055 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(39.4% 0.174 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3459, 5.2614, 31.5271)
Luminance	0.0526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48289B #7B9B28

analogous

#28419B #48289B #81289B

triadic

#48289B #9B4828 #289B48

tetradic

#48289B #9B2841 #7B9B28 #289B81

square

#48289B #9B2841 #7B9B28 #289B81

split-complementary

#48289B #9B8128 #419B28

monochromatic

#1B0F3A #311B6A #48289B #5F35CB #8666D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#48289B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#48289B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48289B

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48289B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48289B	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48289b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 40, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.174 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8465b9',
    500: '#48289b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48289b;
$custom-light: #8465b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48289b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.696,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39398,
    "c": 0.17383,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48289B

secondary

#A4BD61

accent

#E246B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48289B

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

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