#48378D#48378D

#48378D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.136 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48378D
RGB	rgb(72, 55, 141)
HSL	hsl(252, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(252, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 61%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.50, 30.48, -45.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.50, 54.74, 303.84°)
OKLab	oklab(40.5% 0.0417 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(40.5% 0.136 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8450, 6.0328, 25.8925)
Luminance	0.0603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.71

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48378D #7C8D37

analogous

#37518D #48378D #73378D

triadic

#48378D #8D4837 #378D48

tetradic

#48378D #8D3751 #7C8D37 #378D73

square

#48378D #8D3751 #7C8D37 #378D73

split-complementary

#48378D #8D7337 #518D37

monochromatic

#1B1535 #322661 #48378D #5F49B8 #8675C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.52

#48378D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#48378D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48378D

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48378D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48378D	1.00	9.52	2.21	9.52
#FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48378d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 55, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.136 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816eaf',
    500: '#48378d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48378d;
$custom-light: #816eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48378d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.86,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40496,
    "c": 0.13649,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48378D

secondary

#A5B26E

accent

#D454BA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48378D

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

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