#480D48#480D48

#480D48 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.115 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480D48
RGB	rgb(72, 13, 72)
HSL	hsl(300, 69%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(300, 82%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.17, 35.04, -22.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.17, 41.38, 327.86°)
OKLab	oklab(29.26% 0.0978 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(29.26% 0.115 328)
XYZ	xyz(3.9861, 2.1337, 6.3315)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480D48 #0D480D

analogous

#2B0D48 #480D48 #480D2B

triadic

#480D48 #48480D #0D4848

tetradic

#480D48 #482B0D #0D480D #0D2B48

square

#480D48 #482B0D #0D480D #0D2B48

split-complementary

#480D48 #2B480D #0D482B

monochromatic

#1A051A #1A051A #480D48 #7C167C #B020B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.72

#480D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#480D48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480D48

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480D48	1.00	14.72	1.43	14.72
#FFFFFF	14.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#03234A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D2B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B162A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 13, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.115 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e537b',
    500: '#480d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480d48;
$custom-light: #7e537b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29258,
    "c": 0.11523,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.02133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480D48

secondary

#2D832D

accent

#EC3C3C

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE8EE

border

#C9C4C9

text

#0A0309

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #480D48

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

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