#48359D#48359D

#48359D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.161 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48359D
RGB	rgb(72, 53, 157)
HSL	hsl(251, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 66.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.30, 36.72, -53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.30, 65.27, 304.23°)
OKLab	oklab(41.48% 0.0426 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(41.48% 0.161 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0296, 6.3577, 32.5904)
Luminance	0.0636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.30

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48359D #8A9D35

analogous

#35569D #48359D #7C359D

triadic

#48359D #9D4835 #359D48

tetradic

#48359D #9D3556 #8A9D35 #359D7C

square

#48359D #9D3556 #8A9D35 #359D7C

split-complementary

#48359D #9D7C35 #569D35

monochromatic

#1E1641 #33266F #48359D #624CC3 #8A7AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#48359D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#48359D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48359D

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48359D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48359D	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48359d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 53, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.161 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836dbb',
    500: '#48359d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48359d;
$custom-light: #836dbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48359d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.962,
    "s": 49.524,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41477,
    "c": 0.16069,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48359D

secondary

#AEBB73

accent

#D94FC0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48359D

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

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