#480E5D#480E5D

#480E5D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.134 H 314.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E5D
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 93)
HSL	hsl(284, 74%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(284, 85%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 84.9%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.84, 39.02, -33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.84, 51.50, 319.27°)
OKLab	oklab(30.93% 0.0943 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(30.93% 0.134 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.8050, 2.4823, 10.5798)
Luminance	0.0248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E5D #235D0E

analogous

#200E5D #480E5D #5D0E4A

triadic

#480E5D #5D480E #0E5D48

tetradic

#480E5D #5D200E #235D0E #0E4A5D

square

#480E5D #5D200E #235D0E #0E4A5D

split-complementary

#480E5D #4A5D0E #0E5D20

monochromatic

#15041B #1F0628 #480E5D #711692 #9A1EC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.03

#480E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#480E5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E5D

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E5D	1.00	14.03	1.50	14.03
#FFFFFF	14.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#092D5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462136

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.134 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e558b',
    500: '#480e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e5d;
$custom-light: #7e558b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.051,
    "s": 73.832,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30927,
    "c": 0.13383,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E5D

secondary

#4B9730

accent

#F03769

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E5D

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

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