#48337B#48337B

#48337B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.117 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48337B
RGB	rgb(72, 51, 123)
HSL	hsl(258, 41%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(258, 59%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 58.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.23, 27.47, -37.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.23, 46.80, 305.93°)
OKLab	oklab(38.41% 0.047 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(38.41% 0.118 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4305, 5.1752, 19.3425)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48337B #667B33

analogous

#33427B #48337B #6C337B

triadic

#48337B #7B4833 #337B48

tetradic

#48337B #7B3342 #667B33 #337B6C

square

#48337B #7B3342 #667B33 #337B6C

split-complementary

#48337B #7B6C33 #427B33

monochromatic

#150F24 #2F2150 #48337B #6145A6 #8268C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#48337B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#48337B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48337B

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48337B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48337B	1.00	10.32	2.04	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D417D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#143F79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48337b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 51, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.117 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f6ba2',
    500: '#48337b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48337b;
$custom-light: #7f6ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48337b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38414,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48337B

secondary

#94A862

accent

#D157AD

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF3

border

#C9C6CD

text

#0A070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48337B

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

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