#480D4A#480D4A

#480D4A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.117 H 326.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480D4A
RGB	rgb(72, 13, 74)
HSL	hsl(298, 70%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(298, 82%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 82.4%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.31, 35.42, -23.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.31, 42.33, 326.80°)
OKLab	oklab(29.4% 0.0977 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(29.4% 0.117 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.0524, 2.1603, 6.6808)
Luminance	0.0216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480D4A #0F4A0D

analogous

#2A0D4A #480D4A #4A0D2E

triadic

#480D4A #4A480D #0D4A48

tetradic

#480D4A #4A2A0D #0F4A0D #0D2E4A

square

#480D4A #4A2A0D #0F4A0D #0D2E4A

split-complementary

#480D4A #2E4A0D #0D4A2A

monochromatic

#19051A #19051A #480D4A #7B167E #AD1FB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.66

#480D4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#480D4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480D4A

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480D4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480D4A	1.00	14.66	1.43	14.66
#FFFFFF	14.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00244C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C2B49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A172B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480d4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 13, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.117 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e537d',
    500: '#480d4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480d4a;
$custom-light: #7e537d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480d4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.033,
    "s": 70.115,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29395,
    "c": 0.11703,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480D4A

secondary

#30852E

accent

#ED3B41

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE9EE

border

#C9C5C9

text

#0A0309

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #480D4A

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

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