#48398E#48398E

#48398E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.135 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48398E
RGB	rgb(72, 57, 142)
HSL	hsl(251, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(251, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 59.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.05, 29.54, -45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.05, 53.99, 303.18°)
OKLab	oklab(40.93% 0.0394 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(40.93% 0.135 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0167, 6.2566, 26.3185)
Luminance	0.0626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48398E #7F8E39

analogous

#39558E #48398E #73398E

triadic

#48398E #8E4839 #398E48

tetradic

#48398E #8E3955 #7F8E39 #398E73

square

#48398E #8E3955 #7F8E39 #398E73

split-complementary

#48398E #8E7339 #558E39

monochromatic

#1C1637 #322762 #48398E #604DB7 #8778C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#48398E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#48398E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48398E

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48398E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48398E	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48398e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 57, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.135 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8170b0',
    500: '#48398e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48398e;
$custom-light: #8170b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48398e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40928,
    "c": 0.13498,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48398E

secondary

#A7B271

accent

#D255BC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF5

border

#CAC7CF

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48398E

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

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