#480D69#480D69

#480D69 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.146 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480D69
RGB	rgb(72, 13, 105)
HSL	hsl(278, 78%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(278, 88%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 87.6%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.74, 42.07, -40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.74, 58.11, 316.39°)
OKLab	oklab(31.87% 0.092 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(31.87% 0.146 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.3657, 2.6856, 13.5976)
Luminance	0.0268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480D69 #2E690D

analogous

#1A0D69 #480D69 #690D5C

triadic

#480D69 #69480D #0D6948

tetradic

#480D69 #691A0D #2E690D #0D5C69

square

#480D69 #691A0D #2E690D #0D5C69

split-complementary

#480D69 #5C690D #0D691A

monochromatic

#13031B #230633 #480D69 #6D149F #931AD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.66

#480D69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#480D69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480D69

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480D69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480D69	1.00	13.66	1.54	13.66
#FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43263D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480d69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 13, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.146 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5595',
    500: '#480d69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480d69;
$custom-light: #7f5595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480d69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.478,
    "s": 77.966,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31873,
    "c": 0.14646,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480D69

secondary

#59A230

accent

#F43379

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B030D

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #480D69

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

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