#480C51#480C51

#480C51 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.125 H 322.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480C51
RGB	rgb(72, 12, 81)
HSL	hsl(292, 74%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(292, 85%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 85.2%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.68, 37.17, -27.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.68, 46.17, 323.61°)
OKLab	oklab(29.81% 0.0981 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(29.81% 0.125 322)
XYZ	xyz(4.2890, 2.2350, 7.9885)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480C51 #15510C

analogous

#250C51 #480C51 #510C37

triadic

#480C51 #51480C #0C5148

tetradic

#480C51 #51250C #15510C #0C3751

square

#480C51 #51250C #15510C #0C3751

split-complementary

#480C51 #37510C #0C5125

monochromatic

#18041B #19041C #480C51 #771486 #A71CBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.51

#480C51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#480C51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480C51

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480C51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480C51	1.00	14.51	1.45	14.51
#FFFFFF	14.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#162B4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#491A2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 12, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.125 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5382',
    500: '#480c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480c51;
$custom-light: #7e5382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.174,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29814,
    "c": 0.12455,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.02235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480C51

secondary

#398C2C

accent

#F1374F

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9EF

border

#C9C5CA

text

#0A030A

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #480C51

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

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