#48379D#48379D

#48379D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.158 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48379D
RGB	rgb(72, 55, 157)
HSL	hsl(250, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(250, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 65%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.75, 35.52, -53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.75, 63.99, 303.71°)
OKLab	oklab(41.8% 0.0406 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(41.8% 0.158 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1226, 6.5439, 32.6215)
Luminance	0.0654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.21

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48379D #8C9D37

analogous

#37599D #48379D #7B379D

triadic

#48379D #9D4837 #379D48

tetradic

#48379D #9D3759 #8C9D37 #379D7B

square

#48379D #9D3759 #8C9D37 #379D7B

split-complementary

#48379D #9D7B37 #599D37

monochromatic

#1E1742 #332770 #48379D #6350C2 #8B7DD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#48379D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#48379D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48379D

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48379D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48379D	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#255065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48379d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 55, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.158 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836fbb',
    500: '#48379d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48379d;
$custom-light: #836fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48379d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41802,
    "c": 0.15809,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48379D

secondary

#AFBB75

accent

#D850C1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48379D

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

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