#480C40#480C40

#480C40 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.110 H 334.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480C40
RGB	rgb(72, 12, 64)
HSL	hsl(308, 71%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(308, 83%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 11.1%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.55, 33.93, -17.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.55, 38.14, 332.81°)
OKLab	oklab(28.65% 0.0986 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(28.65% 0.11 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.7294, 2.0112, 5.0413)
Luminance	0.0201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480C40 #0C4814

analogous

#320C48 #480C40 #480C22

triadic

#480C40 #40480C #0C4048

tetradic

#480C40 #48320C #0C4814 #0C2248

square

#480C40 #48320C #0C4814 #0C2248

split-complementary

#480C40 #22480C #0C4832

monochromatic

#1A0417 #1A0417 #480C40 #7C156F #B11D9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.98

#480C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#480C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480C40

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480C40	1.00	14.98	1.40	14.98
#FFFFFF	14.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B2141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#212A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C1225

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 12, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.110 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5375',
    500: '#480c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480c40;
$custom-light: #7e5375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28646,
    "c": 0.10953,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480C40

secondary

#2C8438

accent

#EE523A

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EEE7ED

border

#C9C3C8

text

#0A0308

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #480C40

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

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