#48338E#48338E

#48338E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.144 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48338E
RGB	rgb(72, 51, 142)
HSL	hsl(254, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(254, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 64.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.64, 33.26, -47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.64, 57.97, 305.01°)
OKLab	oklab(39.89% 0.0463 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(39.89% 0.144 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.7374, 5.6980, 26.2254)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48338E #798E33

analogous

#334C8E #48338E #75338E

triadic

#48338E #8E4833 #338E48

tetradic

#48338E #8E334C #798E33 #338E75

square

#48338E #8E334C #798E33 #338E75

split-complementary

#48338E #8E7533 #4C8E33

monochromatic

#1A1334 #312361 #48338E #5F43BB #8570CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#48338E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#48338E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48338E

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48338E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48338E	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31485B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48338e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 51, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.144 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816cb0',
    500: '#48338e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48338e;
$custom-light: #816cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48338e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 47.15,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39893,
    "c": 0.14353,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48338E

secondary

#A2B469

accent

#D751B8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48338E

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

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