#48379B#48379B

#48379B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.155 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48379B
RGB	rgb(72, 55, 155)
HSL	hsl(250, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(250, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 64.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.58, 34.89, -52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.58, 62.85, 303.71°)
OKLab	oklab(41.63% 0.0408 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(41.63% 0.155 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.9533, 6.4761, 31.7295)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.51

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48379B #8A9B37

analogous

#37589B #48379B #7A379B

triadic

#48379B #9B4837 #379B48

tetradic

#48379B #9B3758 #8A9B37 #379B7A

square

#48379B #9B3758 #8A9B37 #379B7A

split-complementary

#48379B #9B7A37 #589B37

monochromatic

#1E1741 #33276E #48379B #624FC0 #8A7CD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#48379B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#48379B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48379B

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48379B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48379B	1.00	9.15	2.30	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48379b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 55, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.155 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836fb9',
    500: '#48379b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48379b;
$custom-light: #836fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48379b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.2,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41633,
    "c": 0.15544,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48379B

secondary

#AEBA74

accent

#D751C0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48379B

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

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