#480E5B#480E5B

#480E5B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.132 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E5B
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 91)
HSL	hsl(285, 73%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(285, 85%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 84.6%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.68, 38.59, -32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.68, 50.47, 319.87°)
OKLab	oklab(30.76% 0.0947 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(30.76% 0.132 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.7176, 2.4473, 10.1194)
Luminance	0.0245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.58

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E5B #215B0E

analogous

#210E5B #480E5B #5B0E47

triadic

#480E5B #5B480E #0E5B48

tetradic

#480E5B #5B210E #215B0E #0E475B

square

#480E5B #5B210E #215B0E #0E475B

split-complementary

#480E5B #475B0E #0E5B21

monochromatic

#15041B #1E0626 #480E5B #721690 #9C1EC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.10

#480E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#480E5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E5B

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E5B	1.00	14.10	1.49	14.10
#FFFFFF	14.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C2D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.132 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e558a',
    500: '#480e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e5b;
$custom-light: #7e558a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.195,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30764,
    "c": 0.13189,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E5B

secondary

#499530

accent

#F03865

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E5B

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

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