#48319E#48319E

#48319E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.167 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48319E
RGB	rgb(72, 49, 158)
HSL	hsl(253, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 69%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.52, 39.37, -55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.52, 68.32, 305.19°)
OKLab	oklab(40.94% 0.0463 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(40.94% 0.167 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.9405, 6.0424, 32.9836)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48319E #879E31

analogous

#31509E #48319E #7F319E

triadic

#48319E #9E4831 #319E48

tetradic

#48319E #9E3150 #879E31 #319E7F

square

#48319E #9E3150 #879E31 #319E7F

split-complementary

#48319E #9E7F31 #509E31

monochromatic

#1D1441 #33236F #48319E #6146C6 #8975D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#48319E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#48319E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48319E

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48319E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48319E	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48319e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 49, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.167 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846bbc',
    500: '#48319e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48319e;
$custom-light: #846bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48319e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.661,
    "s": 52.657,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40943,
    "c": 0.16701,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48319E

secondary

#ACBC6E

accent

#DC4CBE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48319E

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

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