#480E55#480E55

#480E55 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.126 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E55
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 85)
HSL	hsl(289, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(289, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 83.5%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.22, 37.29, -29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.22, 47.39, 321.90°)
OKLab	oklab(30.29% 0.0957 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(30.29% 0.126 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.4690, 2.3479, 8.8104)
Luminance	0.0235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E55 #1B550E

analogous

#250E55 #480E55 #550E3F

triadic

#480E55 #55480E #0E5548

tetradic

#480E55 #55250E #1B550E #0E3F55

square

#480E55 #55250E #1B550E #0E3F55

split-complementary

#480E55 #3F550E #0E5525

monochromatic

#16041A #1B0520 #480E55 #75178A #A11FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.29

#480E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#480E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E55

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E55	1.00	14.29	1.47	14.29
#FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002757

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#142C53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#481D31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.126 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5485',
    500: '#480e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e55;
$custom-light: #7e5485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.014,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30291,
    "c": 0.12613,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E55

secondary

#418F30

accent

#EE395B

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9EF

border

#C9C5CA

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E55

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

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