#480B47#480B47

#480B47 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.117 H 328.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480B47
RGB	rgb(72, 11, 71)
HSL	hsl(301, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(301, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.7%, 1.4%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.86, 35.55, -21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.86, 41.71, 328.47°)
OKLab	oklab(29.01% 0.0998 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(29.01% 0.117 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.9295, 2.0723, 6.1530)
Luminance	0.0207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480B47 #0B480C

analogous

#2B0B48 #480B47 #480B29

triadic

#480B47 #47480B #0B4748

tetradic

#480B47 #482B0B #0B480C #0B2948

square

#480B47 #482B0B #0B480C #0B2948

split-complementary

#480B47 #29480B #0B482B

monochromatic

#1B041A #1B041A #480B47 #7D137B #B21BB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.85

#480B47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#480B47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480B47

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480B47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480B47	1.00	14.85	1.41	14.85
#FFFFFF	14.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#022249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D2A46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B1529

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480b47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 11, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.117 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e527a',
    500: '#480b47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480b47;
$custom-light: #7e527a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480b47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.984,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29014,
    "c": 0.11665,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480B47

secondary

#2A842C

accent

#F03B38

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EEE7ED

border

#C9C3C8

text

#0A0309

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #480B47

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

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