#480B40#480B40

#480B40 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.111 H 334.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480B40
RGB	rgb(72, 11, 64)
HSL	hsl(308, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(308, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.7%, 11.1%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.42, 34.28, -17.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.42, 38.55, 332.80°)
OKLab	oklab(28.56% 0.0996 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(28.56% 0.111 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.7176, 1.9876, 5.0373)
Luminance	0.0199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480B40 #0B4813

analogous

#320B48 #480B40 #480B22

triadic

#480B40 #40480B #0B4048

tetradic

#480B40 #48320B #0B4813 #0B2248

square

#480B40 #48320B #0B4813 #0B2248

split-complementary

#480B40 #22480B #0B4832

monochromatic

#1B0418 #1B0418 #480B40 #7D136F #B21B9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.03

#480B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#480B40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480B40

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480B40	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)

#0A2141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#212A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C1125

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 11, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.111 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5275',
    500: '#480b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480b40;
$custom-light: #7e5275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.869,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28557,
    "c": 0.11071,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480B40

secondary

#2A8436

accent

#F05038

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EEE7ED

border

#C9C3C8

text

#0A0208

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #480B40

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

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