#48309C#48309C

#48309C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.166 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48309C
RGB	rgb(72, 48, 156)
HSL	hsl(253, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(253, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 69.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.14, 39.33, -55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.14, 67.82, 305.45°)
OKLab	oklab(40.62% 0.0476 -0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(40.62% 0.166 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.7284, 5.8914, 32.0706)
Luminance	0.0589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48309C #849C30

analogous

#304E9C #48309C #7E309C

triadic

#48309C #9C4830 #309C48

tetradic

#48309C #9C304E #849C30 #309C7E

square

#48309C #9C304E #849C30 #309C7E

split-complementary

#48309C #9C7E30 #4E9C30

monochromatic

#1D133E #32226D #48309C #6144C5 #8873D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#48309C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#48309C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48309C

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48309C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48309C	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48309c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 48, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.166 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836aba',
    500: '#48309c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48309c;
$custom-light: #836aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48309c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40615,
    "c": 0.1657,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48309C

secondary

#AABC6C

accent

#DC4BBC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48309C

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

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