#480B45#480B45

#480B45 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.115 H 330.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480B45
RGB	rgb(72, 11, 69)
HSL	hsl(303, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(303, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.7%, 4.2%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.73, 35.18, -20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.73, 40.79, 329.61°)
OKLab	oklab(28.88% 0.0998 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(28.88% 0.115 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.8663, 2.0470, 5.8206)
Luminance	0.0205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#480B45 #0B480E

analogous

#2D0B48 #480B45 #480B27

triadic

#480B45 #45480B #0B4548

tetradic

#480B45 #482D0B #0B480E #0B2748

square

#480B45 #482D0B #0B480E #0B2748

split-complementary

#480B45 #27480B #0B482D

monochromatic

#1B0419 #1B0419 #480B45 #7D1378 #B21BAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.90

#480B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#480B45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480B45

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480B45	1.00	14.90	1.41	14.90
#FFFFFF	14.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#042247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E2A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B1427

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 11, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.115 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5279',
    500: '#480b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480b45;
$custom-light: #7e5279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.951,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28879,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480B45

secondary

#2A842F

accent

#F04138

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EEE7ED

border

#C9C3C8

text

#0A0309

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #480B45

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

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