#480E5E#480E5E

#480E5E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.135 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E5E
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 94)
HSL	hsl(284, 74%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(284, 85%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 85.1%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.92, 39.25, -34.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.92, 52.02, 318.98°)
OKLab	oklab(31.01% 0.0941 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(31.01% 0.135 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.8496, 2.5001, 10.8146)
Luminance	0.0250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E5E #245E0E

analogous

#200E5E #480E5E #5E0E4C

triadic

#480E5E #5E480E #0E5E48

tetradic

#480E5E #5E200E #245E0E #0E4C5E

square

#480E5E #5E200E #245E0E #0E4C5E

split-complementary

#480E5E #4C5E0E #0E5E20

monochromatic

#14041B #1F0629 #480E5E #711693 #9A1EC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.00

#480E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#480E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E5E

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E5E	1.00	14.00	1.50	14.00
#FFFFFF	14.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#072D5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462136

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.135 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e558c',
    500: '#480e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e5e;
$custom-light: #7e558c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31009,
    "c": 0.13479,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E5E

secondary

#4D9830

accent

#F1376A

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E5E

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

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