#480E40#480E40

#480E40 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.107 H 334.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E40
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 64)
HSL	hsl(308, 67%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(308, 81%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 11.1%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.81, 33.18, -17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.81, 37.28, 332.85°)
OKLab	oklab(28.84% 0.0964 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(28.84% 0.107 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.7550, 2.0623, 5.0498)
Luminance	0.0206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E40 #0E4816

analogous

#330E48 #480E40 #480E23

triadic

#480E40 #40480E #0E4048

tetradic

#480E40 #48330E #0E4816 #0E2348

square

#480E40 #48330E #0E4816 #0E2348

split-complementary

#480E40 #23480E #0E4833

monochromatic

#1A0517 #1A0517 #480E40 #7B186E #AE229B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.87

#480E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#480E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E40

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E40	1.00	14.87	1.41	14.87
#FFFFFF	14.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D2241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#222A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C1325

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.107 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5375',
    500: '#480e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e40;
$custom-light: #7d5375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.276,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28836,
    "c": 0.10701,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E40

secondary

#2F833B

accent

#EA553D

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE8ED

border

#C9C4C8

text

#0A0308

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E40

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

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