#48309D#48309D

#48309D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.167 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48309D
RGB	rgb(72, 48, 157)
HSL	hsl(253, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(253, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 69.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.22, 39.64, -55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.22, 68.38, 305.43°)
OKLab	oklab(40.7% 0.0474 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(40.7% 0.167 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.8134, 5.9254, 32.5184)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48309D #859D30

analogous

#304E9D #48309D #7E309D

triadic

#48309D #9D4830 #309D48

tetradic

#48309D #9D304E #859D30 #309D7E

square

#48309D #9D304E #859D30 #309D7E

split-complementary

#48309D #9D7E30 #4E9D30

monochromatic

#1D133F #33226E #48309D #6144C6 #8973D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#48309D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#48309D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48309D

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48309D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48309D	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48309d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 48, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.167 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846abb',
    500: '#48309d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48309d;
$custom-light: #846abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48309d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.211,
    "s": 53.171,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40704,
    "c": 0.16696,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48309D

secondary

#ABBC6D

accent

#DD4BBD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48309D

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

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