#480B4A#480B4A

#480B4A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.119 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480B4A
RGB	rgb(72, 11, 74)
HSL	hsl(298, 74%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(298, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 85.1%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.06, 36.12, -23.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.06, 43.13, 326.87°)
OKLab	oklab(29.22% 0.0997 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(29.22% 0.119 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.0281, 2.1118, 6.6727)
Luminance	0.0211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480B4A #0D4A0B

analogous

#290B4A #480B4A #4A0B2D

triadic

#480B4A #4A480B #0B4A48

tetradic

#480B4A #4A290B #0D4A0B #0B2D4A

square

#480B4A #4A290B #0D4A0B #0B2D4A

split-complementary

#480B4A #2D4A0B #0B4A29

monochromatic

#1A041B #1A041B #480B4A #7C137F #B01BB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.77

#480B4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#480B4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480B4A

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480B4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480B4A	1.00	14.77	1.42	14.77
#FFFFFF	14.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00234C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B2A49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A162A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480b4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 11, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.119 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e537d',
    500: '#480b4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480b4a;
$custom-light: #7e537d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480b4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.095,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29222,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480B4A

secondary

#2D862B

accent

#F1373D

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EEE8EE

border

#C9C4C9

text

#0A0309

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #480B4A

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

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