#480B44#480B44

#480B44 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.114 H 331.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480B44
RGB	rgb(72, 11, 68)
HSL	hsl(304, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(304, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.7%, 5.6%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.67, 35.00, -20.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.67, 40.33, 330.21°)
OKLab	oklab(28.81% 0.0998 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(28.81% 0.114 331)
XYZ	xyz(3.8355, 2.0347, 5.6585)
Luminance	0.0203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480B44 #0B480F

analogous

#2E0B48 #480B44 #480B26

triadic

#480B44 #44480B #0B4448

tetradic

#480B44 #482E0B #0B480F #0B2648

square

#480B44 #482E0B #0B480F #0B2648

split-complementary

#480B44 #26480B #0B482E

monochromatic

#1B0419 #1B0419 #480B44 #7D1376 #B21BA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.93

#480B44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#480B44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480B44

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480B44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480B44	1.00	14.93	1.41	14.93
#FFFFFF	14.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#052246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F2A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B1327

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480b44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 11, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.114 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5278',
    500: '#480b44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480b44;
$custom-light: #7e5278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480b44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.934,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28813,
    "c": 0.11406,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.02034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480B44

secondary

#2A8430

accent

#F04438

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EEE7ED

border

#C9C3C8

text

#0A0309

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #480B44

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

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