#480B48#480B48

#480B48 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.118 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480B48
RGB	rgb(72, 11, 72)
HSL	hsl(300, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(300, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.7%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.93, 35.74, -22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.93, 42.18, 327.92°)
OKLab	oklab(29.08% 0.0998 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(29.08% 0.118 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.9618, 2.0852, 6.3235)
Luminance	0.0209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480B48 #0B480B

analogous

#2A0B48 #480B48 #480B2A

triadic

#480B48 #48480B #0B4848

tetradic

#480B48 #482A0B #0B480B #0B2A48

square

#480B48 #482A0B #0B480B #0B2A48

split-complementary

#480B48 #2A480B #0B482A

monochromatic

#1B041B #1B041B #480B48 #7D137D #B21BB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.82

#480B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#480B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480B48

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480B48	1.00	14.82	1.42	14.82
#FFFFFF	14.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00234A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C2A47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B1529

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 11, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.118 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e537b',
    500: '#480b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480b48;
$custom-light: #7e537b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29083,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480B48

secondary

#2A842A

accent

#F03838

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EEE7EE

border

#C9C3C9

text

#0A0309

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #480B48

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

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