#480D4B#480D4B

#480D4B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.118 H 325.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480D4B
RGB	rgb(72, 13, 75)
HSL	hsl(297, 70%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(297, 83%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 82.7%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.37, 35.62, -23.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.37, 42.82, 326.29°)
OKLab	oklab(29.47% 0.0977 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(29.47% 0.118 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.0863, 2.1738, 6.8596)
Luminance	0.0217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480D4B #104B0D

analogous

#290D4B #480D4B #4B0D2F

triadic

#480D4B #4B480D #0D4B48

tetradic

#480D4B #4B290D #104B0D #0D2F4B

square

#480D4B #4B290D #104B0D #0D2F4B

split-complementary

#480D4B #2F4B0D #0D4B29

monochromatic

#19051A #19051A #480D4B #7A167F #AC1FB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.64

#480D4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#480D4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480D4B

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480D4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480D4B	1.00	14.64	1.43	14.64
#FFFFFF	14.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00244D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B2B4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A182B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480d4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 13, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.118 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e537d',
    500: '#480d4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480d4b;
$custom-light: #7e537d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480d4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.097,
    "s": 70.455,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29465,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480D4B

secondary

#32862E

accent

#ED3B43

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE9EE

border

#C9C5C9

text

#0A030A

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #480D4B

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

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