#48299B#48299B

#48299B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.173 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48299B
RGB	rgb(72, 41, 155)
HSL	hsl(256, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(256, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 73.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.65, 42.90, -57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.65, 71.39, 306.93°)
OKLab	oklab(39.53% 0.0542 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(39.53% 0.173 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3801, 5.3297, 31.5385)
Luminance	0.0533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48299B #7C9B29

analogous

#29439B #48299B #81299B

triadic

#48299B #9B4829 #299B48

tetradic

#48299B #9B2943 #7C9B29 #299B81

square

#48299B #9B2943 #7C9B29 #299B81

split-complementary

#48299B #9B8129 #439B29

monochromatic

#1B0F3A #321C6B #48299B #5F37CA #8667D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.16

#48299B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#48299B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48299B

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48299B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48299B	1.00	10.16	2.07	10.16
#FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48299b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 41, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.173 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8466b9',
    500: '#48299b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48299b;
$custom-light: #8466b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48299b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.316,
    "s": 58.163,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3953,
    "c": 0.17272,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48299B

secondary

#A5BD63

accent

#E146B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48299B

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

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