#48338F#48338F

#48338F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.145 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48338F
RGB	rgb(72, 51, 143)
HSL	hsl(254, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(254, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 64.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.72, 33.56, -47.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.72, 58.54, 304.98°)
OKLab	oklab(39.98% 0.0462 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(39.98% 0.145 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8128, 5.7282, 26.6226)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48338F #7A8F33

analogous

#334C8F #48338F #76338F

triadic

#48338F #8F4833 #338F48

tetradic

#48338F #8F334C #7A8F33 #338F76

square

#48338F #8F334C #7A8F33 #338F76

split-complementary

#48338F #8F7633 #4C8F33

monochromatic

#1B1335 #312362 #48338F #5F43BC #8570CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#48338F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#48338F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48338F

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48338F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48338F	1.00	9.79	2.15	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30495C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48338f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 51, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.145 288.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48338f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.696,
    "s": 47.423,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39975,
    "c": 0.14486,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48338F

secondary

#A3B46A

accent

#D751B8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48338F

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

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