#480E59#480E59

#480E59 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.130 H 317.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E59
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 89)
HSL	hsl(286, 73%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(286, 84%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 84.3%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.52, 38.15, -31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.52, 49.43, 320.51°)
OKLab	oklab(30.6% 0.0951 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(30.6% 0.13 317)
XYZ	xyz(4.6324, 2.4133, 9.6710)
Luminance	0.0241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E59 #1F590E

analogous

#220E59 #480E59 #590E44

triadic

#480E59 #59480E #0E5948

tetradic

#480E59 #59220E #1F590E #0E4459

square

#480E59 #59220E #1F590E #0E4459

split-complementary

#480E59 #44590E #0E5922

monochromatic

#15041A #1D0624 #480E59 #73168E #9E1FC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.16

#480E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#480E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E59

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E59	1.00	14.16	1.48	14.16
#FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F2D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#471F33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.130 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5588',
    500: '#480e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e59;
$custom-light: #7e5588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.4,
    "s": 72.816,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30604,
    "c": 0.12996,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.02413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E59

secondary

#469330

accent

#F03862

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E59

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

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