#480C48#480C48

#480C48 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.116 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480C48
RGB	rgb(72, 12, 72)
HSL	hsl(300, 71%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(300, 83%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.05, 35.40, -22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.05, 41.79, 327.89°)
OKLab	oklab(29.17% 0.0988 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(29.17% 0.116 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.9736, 2.1088, 6.3274)
Luminance	0.0211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480C48 #0C480C

analogous

#2A0C48 #480C48 #480C2A

triadic

#480C48 #48480C #0C4848

tetradic

#480C48 #482A0C #0C480C #0C2A48

square

#480C48 #482A0C #0C480C #0C2A48

split-complementary

#480C48 #2A480C #0C482A

monochromatic

#1A041A #1A041A #480C48 #7C157C #B11DB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.77

#480C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#480C48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480C48

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480C48	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)

#02234A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D2B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B1629

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 12, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.116 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e537b',
    500: '#480c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480c48;
$custom-light: #7e537b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29168,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480C48

secondary

#2C842C

accent

#EE3A3A

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EEE8EE

border

#C9C4C9

text

#0A0309

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #480C48

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

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