#48405E#48405E

#48405E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.051 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48405E
RGB	rgb(72, 64, 94)
HSL	hsl(256, 19%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(256, 32%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 31.9%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.04, 10.61, -16.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.04, 19.65, 302.69°)
OKLab	oklab(39.24% 0.0225 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(39.24% 0.051 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.5258, 5.8526, 11.3734)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48405E #565E40

analogous

#40475E #48405E #57405E

triadic

#48405E #5E4840 #405E48

tetradic

#48405E #5E4047 #565E40 #405E57

square

#48405E #5E4047 #565E40 #405E57

split-complementary

#48405E #5E5740 #475E40

monochromatic

#100E15 #2C273A #48405E #645982 #8276A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#48405E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#48405E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48405E

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48405E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48405E	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39455F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A445D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44454B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48405e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 64, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.051 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b748b',
    500: '#48405e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48405e;
$custom-light: #7b748b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48405e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 18.987,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39236,
    "c": 0.05085,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48405E

secondary

#858D6C

accent

#BC6CA6

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#09080C

muted

#7B7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #48405E

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

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