#480B42#480B42

#480B42 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.112 H 332.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480B42
RGB	rgb(72, 11, 66)
HSL	hsl(306, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(306, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.7%, 8.3%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.54, 34.64, -18.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.54, 39.43, 331.47°)
OKLab	oklab(28.68% 0.0997 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(28.68% 0.112 332.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.7755, 2.0107, 5.3425)
Luminance	0.0201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480B42 #0B4811

analogous

#300B48 #480B42 #480B24

triadic

#480B42 #42480B #0B4248

tetradic

#480B42 #48300B #0B4811 #0B2448

square

#480B42 #48300B #0B4811 #0B2448

split-complementary

#480B42 #24480B #0B4830

monochromatic

#1B0418 #1B0418 #480B42 #7D1373 #B21BA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.98

#480B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#480B42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480B42

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480B42	1.00	14.98	1.40	14.98
#FFFFFF	14.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#072143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#202A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C1226

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 11, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.112 332.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5276',
    500: '#480b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480b42;
$custom-light: #7e5276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.902,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28683,
    "c": 0.11237,
    "h": 332.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480B42

secondary

#2A8433

accent

#F04A38

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EEE7ED

border

#C9C3C8

text

#0A0308

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #480B42

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

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