#480C5F#480C5F
#480C5F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.138 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #480C5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(72, 12, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(283, 78%, 21%) |
| HSV | hsv(283, 87%, 37%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(24.2%, 87.4%, 0%, 62.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(17.77, 40.14, -35.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(17.77, 53.29, 318.87°) |
| OKLab | oklab(30.93% 0.0956 -0.0992) |
| OKLCH | oklch(30.93% 0.138 313.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(4.8692, 2.4671, 11.0440) |
| Luminance | 0.0247 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | purple |
Closest named colors
Royal Purple (survey)
#4B006E
ΔE00 3.28
Plum Purple
#4E0550
ΔE00 4.37
Deep Violet
#490648
ΔE00 5.62
Deep Purple
#36013F
ΔE00 6.38
Dark Violet
#34013F
ΔE00 6.41
Indigo
#4B0082
ΔE00 6.54
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#480C5F #235F0C
analogous
#1E0C5F #480C5F #5F0C4C
triadic
#480C5F #5F480C #0C5F48
tetradic
#480C5F #5F1E0C #235F0C #0C4C5F
square
#480C5F #5F1E0C #235F0C #0C4C5F
split-complementary
#480C5F #4C5F0C #0C5F1E
monochromatic
#15031B #1F0529 #480C5F #711395 #9A1ACC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
14.06
#480C5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
1.49
#480C5F on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #480C5F
14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##480C5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##480C5F | 1.00 | 14.06 | 1.49 | 14.06 |
| #FFFFFF | 14.06 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 1.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 14.06 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#002861
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#032D5D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#462137
Achromatopsia (no color)
#2B2B2B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #480c5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 12, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.138 313.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#7f548d',
500: '#480c5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #480c5f; $custom-light: #7f548d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#480c5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 72,
"g": 12,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 283.373,
"s": 77.57,
"l": 20.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.3093,
"c": 0.1377,
"h": 313.9
},
"luminance": 0.02467
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#480C5F
secondary
#4B992D
accent
#F43469
background
#F8F5F8
surface
#EFE9F0
border
#CAC5CB
text
#0A030C
muted
#7C787D