#480B3E#480B3E

#480B3E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.109 H 335.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480B3E
RGB	rgb(72, 11, 62)
HSL	hsl(310, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(310, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.7%, 13.9%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.30, 33.94, -16.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.30, 37.69, 334.21°)
OKLab	oklab(28.43% 0.0995 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(28.43% 0.109 335.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.6617, 1.9652, 4.7430)
Luminance	0.0197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480B3E #0B4815

analogous

#340B48 #480B3E #480B20

triadic

#480B3E #3E480B #0B3E48

tetradic

#480B3E #48340B #0B4815 #0B2048

square

#480B3E #48340B #0B4815 #0B2048

split-complementary

#480B3E #20480B #0B4834

monochromatic

#1B0417 #1B0417 #480B3E #7D136C #B21B99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.08

#480B3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#480B3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480B3E

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480B3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480B3E	1.00	15.08	1.39	15.08
#FFFFFF	15.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C213F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#222A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C1024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480b3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 11, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.109 335.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5273',
    500: '#480b3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480b3e;
$custom-light: #7e5273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480b3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.836,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28433,
    "c": 0.10907,
    "h": 335.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480B3E

secondary

#2A8439

accent

#F05638

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EEE7ED

border

#C9C3C8

text

#0A0208

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #480B3E

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

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