#48358B#48358B

#48358B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.137 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48358B
RGB	rgb(72, 53, 139)
HSL	hsl(253, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(253, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 61.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.87, 31.10, -45.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.87, 54.90, 304.51°)
OKLab	oklab(39.99% 0.0442 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(39.99% 0.137 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.6045, 5.7877, 25.0849)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48358B #788B35

analogous

#354D8B #48358B #73358B

triadic

#48358B #8B4835 #358B48

tetradic

#48358B #8B354D #788B35 #358B73

square

#48358B #8B354D #788B35 #358B73

split-complementary

#48358B #8B7335 #4D8B35

monochromatic

#1A1332 #31245F #48358B #5F46B7 #8571C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#48358B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#48358B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48358B

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48358B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48358B	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32495A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48358b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 53, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.137 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816dad',
    500: '#48358b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48358b;
$custom-light: #816dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48358b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.256,
    "s": 44.792,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3999,
    "c": 0.13663,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48358B

secondary

#A2B16A

accent

#D453B8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48358B

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

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