#48359B#48359B

#48359B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.158 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48359B
RGB	rgb(72, 53, 155)
HSL	hsl(251, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 65.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.13, 36.09, -53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.13, 64.13, 304.25°)
OKLab	oklab(41.31% 0.0429 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(41.31% 0.158 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.8602, 6.2900, 31.6985)
Luminance	0.0629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.59

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48359B #889B35

analogous

#35559B #48359B #7B359B

triadic

#48359B #9B4835 #359B48

tetradic

#48359B #9B3555 #889B35 #359B7B

square

#48359B #9B3555 #889B35 #359B7B

split-complementary

#48359B #9B7B35 #559B35

monochromatic

#1E1640 #33256D #48359B #624CC2 #8A79D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#48359B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#48359B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48359B

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48359B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48359B	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#274E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48359b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 53, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.158 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836db9',
    500: '#48359b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48359b;
$custom-light: #836db9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48359b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.176,
    "s": 49.038,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41306,
    "c": 0.15807,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48359B

secondary

#ADBA72

accent

#D94FBF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48359B

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

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