#480E51#480E51

#480E51 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.122 H 321.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E51
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 81)
HSL	hsl(292, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(292, 83%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 82.7%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.92, 36.46, -26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.92, 45.36, 323.48°)
OKLab	oklab(29.99% 0.0962 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(29.99% 0.122 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.3146, 2.2861, 7.9970)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E51 #17510E

analogous

#260E51 #480E51 #510E38

triadic

#480E51 #51480E #0E5148

tetradic

#480E51 #51260E #17510E #0E3851

square

#480E51 #51260E #17510E #0E3851

split-complementary

#480E51 #38510E #0E5126

monochromatic

#17051A #1A051D #480E51 #761785 #A520B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.41

#480E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#480E51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E51

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E51	1.00	14.41	1.46	14.41
#FFFFFF	14.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#172C4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#491B2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.122 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5482',
    500: '#480e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e51;
$custom-light: #7e5482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.94,
    "s": 70.526,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2999,
    "c": 0.12233,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E51

secondary

#3C8C2F

accent

#ED3A53

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9EF

border

#C9C5CA

text

#0A030A

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E51

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

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