#48295BAcai (#48295B) is a very dark, soft purple with an OKLCH hue of 311°, lightness 0.34 and chroma 0.091. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #48295B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(72, 41, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(277, 38%, 26%) |
| HSV | hsv(277, 55%, 36%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(21%, 55%, 0%, 64%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(22.7 24.8 -24.5) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.344 0.091 311) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Acai shifts subtly: leans toward pink; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#4a2855 — ΔE 1.1, shifts subtly: leans toward pink#4a2959 — ΔE 0.5, shifts subtly: leans toward pink#48295b — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#48295c — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Acai in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 12.04:1 and against black 1.74:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#a992ba · #866c97 · #634776 · #48295b · #220531 · #05000d
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#515580 · #4c3f70 · #48295b · #3f183f · #320825 · #23000d
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#c89fa9 · #9c81ae · #9b586b · #694951 · #48295b · #2c133b
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#afd193 · #7e6e8a · #5b5262 · #48295b · #25162f · #0a040f
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#eff4eb · #bdb6c2 · #81847e · #554e5a · #48295b · #20241d
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#eef4ea · #c5cbc0 · #979f91 · #1d2615 · #010500 · #48295b
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d8d9b3 · #d59fcd · #4e9a76 · #40523c · #48295b · #070b27
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#ebf6e3 · #c2bb85 · #4c9471 · #5a5218 · #48295b · #0a291b
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#feefdf · #d7b286 · #2f9490 · #005e5b · #48295b · #301e07
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ffeee7 · #e2aa95 · #708e53 · #085a6f · #48295b · #1b270f
#634775 · #7F6790 · #9D88AC · #BBAAC8 · #DBCDE5
#3D214E · #331A42 · #291336 · #1F0C2B · #160620
#452D54 · #42314D · #3F3446
As a deep tone it works for grounding elements — text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces — rather than open fields. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.