#480B56#480B56

#480B56 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.130 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480B56
RGB	rgb(72, 11, 86)
HSL	hsl(289, 77%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(289, 87%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 87.2%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.94, 38.53, -30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.94, 49.05, 321.76°)
OKLab	oklab(30.12% 0.0983 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(30.12% 0.13 319)
XYZ	xyz(4.4716, 2.2892, 9.0086)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 5.16

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480B56 #19560B

analogous

#230B56 #480B56 #560B3F

triadic

#480B56 #56480B #0B5648

tetradic

#480B56 #56230B #19560B #0B3F56

square

#480B56 #56230B #19560B #0B3F56

split-complementary

#480B56 #3F560B #0B5623

monochromatic

#17031B #1B0420 #480B56 #75128C #A319C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.41

#480B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#480B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480B56

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480B56	1.00	14.41	1.46	14.41
#FFFFFF	14.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#112C54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#481C31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 11, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.130 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5386',
    500: '#480b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480b56;
$custom-light: #7e5386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.8,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30119,
    "c": 0.13019,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.02289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480B56

secondary

#3E912B

accent

#F43458

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9EF

border

#C9C5CA

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #480B56

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

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