#480B46#480B46

#480B46 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.116 H 329.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480B46
RGB	rgb(72, 11, 70)
HSL	hsl(302, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(302, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.7%, 2.8%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.80, 35.36, -21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.80, 41.24, 329.03°)
OKLab	oklab(28.95% 0.0998 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(28.95% 0.116 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.8976, 2.0596, 5.9854)
Luminance	0.0206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480B46 #0B480D

analogous

#2C0B48 #480B46 #480B28

triadic

#480B46 #46480B #0B4648

tetradic

#480B46 #482C0B #0B480D #0B2848

square

#480B46 #482C0B #0B480D #0B2848

split-complementary

#480B46 #28480B #0B482C

monochromatic

#1B041A #1B041A #480B46 #7D137A #B21BAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.87

#480B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#480B46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480B46

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480B46	1.00	14.87	1.41	14.87
#FFFFFF	14.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#032248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E2A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B1428

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 11, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.116 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e527a',
    500: '#480b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480b46;
$custom-light: #7e527a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.967,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28946,
    "c": 0.11578,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480B46

secondary

#2A842D

accent

#F03E38

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EEE7ED

border

#C9C3C8

text

#0A0309

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #480B46

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

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