#480C55#480C55

#480C55 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.128 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480C55
RGB	rgb(72, 12, 85)
HSL	hsl(289, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(289, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 85.9%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.97, 37.99, -29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.97, 48.18, 322.05°)
OKLab	oklab(30.12% 0.0976 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(30.12% 0.128 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.4434, 2.2968, 8.8018)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480C55 #19550C

analogous

#240C55 #480C55 #550C3E

triadic

#480C55 #55480C #0C5548

tetradic

#480C55 #55240C #19550C #0C3E55

square

#480C55 #55240C #19550C #0C3E55

split-complementary

#480C55 #3E550C #0C5524

monochromatic

#17041B #1B041F #480C55 #75148B #A31BC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.39

#480C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#480C55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480C55

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480C55	1.00	14.39	1.46	14.39
#FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#122C53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#481C31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 12, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.128 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5485',
    500: '#480c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480c55;
$custom-light: #7e5485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.315,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3012,
    "c": 0.12826,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480C55

secondary

#3E902D

accent

#F23657

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9EF

border

#C9C5CA

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #480C55

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

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