#480A42#480A42

#480A42 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.113 H 332.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480A42
RGB	rgb(72, 10, 66)
HSL	hsl(306, 76%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(306, 86%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.1%, 8.3%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.43, 34.97, -19.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.43, 39.81, 331.46°)
OKLab	oklab(28.6% 0.1007 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(28.6% 0.113 332.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.7644, 1.9885, 5.3388)
Luminance	0.0199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480A42 #0A4810

analogous

#2F0A48 #480A42 #480A23

triadic

#480A42 #42480A #0A4248

tetradic

#480A42 #482F0A #0A4810 #0A2348

square

#480A42 #482F0A #0A4810 #0A2348

split-complementary

#480A42 #23480A #0A482F

monochromatic

#1B0419 #1B0419 #480A42 #7E1173 #B319A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.03

#480A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#480A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480A42

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480A42	1.00	15.03	1.40	15.03
#FFFFFF	15.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#062143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F2A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C1126

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 10, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.113 332.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5276',
    500: '#480a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480a42;
$custom-light: #7e5276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.806,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.286,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 332.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480A42

secondary

#298532

accent

#F24836

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EEE7ED

border

#C9C3C8

text

#0A0208

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #480A42

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

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