#48388E#48388E

#48388E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.136 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48388E
RGB	rgb(72, 56, 142)
HSL	hsl(251, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(251, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 60.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.81, 30.17, -45.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.81, 54.66, 303.50°)
OKLab	oklab(40.75% 0.0405 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(40.75% 0.136 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9677, 6.1587, 26.3022)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48388E #7E8E38

analogous

#38538E #48388E #73388E

triadic

#48388E #8E4838 #388E48

tetradic

#48388E #8E3853 #7E8E38 #388E73

square

#48388E #8E3853 #7E8E38 #388E73

split-complementary

#48388E #8E7338 #538E38

monochromatic

#1B1536 #322762 #48388E #5F4BB8 #8677C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#48388E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#48388E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48388E

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48388E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48388E	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48388e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 56, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.136 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816fb0',
    500: '#48388e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48388e;
$custom-light: #816fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48388e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.163,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4075,
    "c": 0.13644,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48388E

secondary

#A6B26F

accent

#D355BC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF5

border

#CAC7CF

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48388E

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

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