#480D49#480D49

#480D49 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.116 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480D49
RGB	rgb(72, 13, 73)
HSL	hsl(299, 70%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(299, 82%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 82.2%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.24, 35.23, -22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.24, 41.85, 327.32°)
OKLab	oklab(29.33% 0.0977 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(29.33% 0.116 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.0189, 2.1469, 6.5048)
Luminance	0.0215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480D49 #0E490D

analogous

#2A0D49 #480D49 #490D2C

triadic

#480D49 #49480D #0D4948

tetradic

#480D49 #492A0D #0E490D #0D2C49

square

#480D49 #492A0D #0E490D #0D2C49

split-complementary

#480D49 #2C490D #0D492A

monochromatic

#1A051A #1A051A #480D49 #7B167D #AE20B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.69

#480D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#480D49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480D49

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480D49	1.00	14.69	1.43	14.69
#FFFFFF	14.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#02234B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D2B48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A172A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 13, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.116 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e537c',
    500: '#480d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480d49;
$custom-light: #7e537c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29326,
    "c": 0.11613,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480D49

secondary

#2F842D

accent

#ED3B3E

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE8EE

border

#C9C4C9

text

#0A0309

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #480D49

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

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