#480E5F#480E5F

#480E5F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.136 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E5F
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 95)
HSL	hsl(283, 74%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(283, 85%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 85.3%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.00, 39.47, -34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.00, 52.54, 318.70°)
OKLab	oklab(31.09% 0.0939 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(31.09% 0.136 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.8947, 2.5182, 11.0525)
Luminance	0.0252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E5F #255F0E

analogous

#200E5F #480E5F #5F0E4E

triadic

#480E5F #5F480E #0E5F48

tetradic

#480E5F #5F200E #255F0E #0E4E5F

square

#480E5F #5F200E #255F0E #0E4E5F

split-complementary

#480E5F #4E5F0E #0E5F20

monochromatic

#14041B #20062A #480E5F #701694 #991ECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.97

#480E5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#480E5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E5F

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E5F	1.00	13.97	1.50	13.97
#FFFFFF	13.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#052D5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.136 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f558d',
    500: '#480e5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e5f;
$custom-light: #7f558d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.963,
    "s": 74.312,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31092,
    "c": 0.13577,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E5F

secondary

#4E9930

accent

#F1376C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E5F

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

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