#480C49#480C49

#480C49 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.117 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480C49
RGB	rgb(72, 12, 73)
HSL	hsl(299, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(299, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 83.6%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.11, 35.59, -22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.11, 42.26, 327.36°)
OKLab	oklab(29.24% 0.0988 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(29.24% 0.117 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.0065, 2.1220, 6.5006)
Luminance	0.0212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480C49 #0D490C

analogous

#2A0C49 #480C49 #490C2C

triadic

#480C49 #49480C #0C4948

tetradic

#480C49 #492A0C #0D490C #0C2C49

square

#480C49 #492A0C #0D490C #0C2C49

split-complementary

#480C49 #2C490C #0C492A

monochromatic

#1A041A #1A041A #480C49 #7C157E #B01DB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.74

#480C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#480C49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480C49

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480C49	1.00	14.74	1.42	14.74
#FFFFFF	14.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00234B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C2B48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A162A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 12, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.117 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e537c',
    500: '#480c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480c49;
$custom-light: #7e537c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.016,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29237,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480C49

secondary

#2D852C

accent

#EE393C

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EEE8EE

border

#C9C4C9

text

#0A0309

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #480C49

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