#48309A#48309A

#48309A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.163 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48309A
RGB	rgb(72, 48, 154)
HSL	hsl(254, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 68.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.96, 38.72, -54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.96, 66.70, 305.49°)
OKLab	oklab(40.44% 0.0479 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(40.44% 0.163 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.5604, 5.8242, 31.1860)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48309A #829A30

analogous

#304D9A #48309A #7D309A

triadic

#48309A #9A4830 #309A48

tetradic

#48309A #9A304D #829A30 #309A7D

square

#48309A #9A304D #829A30 #309A7D

split-complementary

#48309A #9A7D30 #4D9A30

monochromatic

#1C133D #32216B #48309A #6043C4 #8872D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#48309A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#48309A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48309A

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48309A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48309A	1.00	9.70	2.17	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48309a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 48, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.163 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836ab9',
    500: '#48309a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48309a;
$custom-light: #836ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48309a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.585,
    "s": 52.475,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40438,
    "c": 0.16315,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48309A

secondary

#A9BB6B

accent

#DC4CBB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48309A

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

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