#480E42#480E42

#480E42 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.109 H 332.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E42
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 66)
HSL	hsl(306, 67%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(306, 81%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 8.3%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.93, 33.53, -18.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.93, 38.17, 331.48°)
OKLab	oklab(28.96% 0.0965 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(28.96% 0.109 332.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.8129, 2.0855, 5.3549)
Luminance	0.0209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E42 #0E4814

analogous

#310E48 #480E42 #480E25

triadic

#480E42 #42480E #0E4248

tetradic

#480E42 #48310E #0E4814 #0E2548

square

#480E42 #48310E #0E4814 #0E2548

split-complementary

#480E42 #25480E #0E4831

monochromatic

#1A0517 #1A0517 #480E42 #7B1871 #AE22A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.82

#480E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#480E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E42

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E42	1.00	14.82	1.42	14.82
#FFFFFF	14.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B2243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#212B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B1427

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.109 332.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5376',
    500: '#480e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e42;
$custom-light: #7d5376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.207,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2896,
    "c": 0.10872,
    "h": 332.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E42

secondary

#2F8338

accent

#EA4F3D

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE8ED

border

#C9C4C8

text

#0A0308

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E42

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

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