#480E69#480E69

#480E69 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.146 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E69
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 105)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(278, 87%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 86.7%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.85, 41.75, -39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.85, 57.74, 316.30°)
OKLab	oklab(31.95% 0.0913 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(31.95% 0.146 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.3788, 2.7118, 13.6019)
Luminance	0.0271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E69 #2F690E

analogous

#1A0E69 #480E69 #690E5C

triadic

#480E69 #69480E #0E6948

tetradic

#480E69 #691A0E #2F690E #0E5C69

square

#480E69 #691A0E #2F690E #0E5C69

split-complementary

#480E69 #5C690E #0E691A

monochromatic

#13041B #230733 #480E69 #6D159F #921CD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.62

#480E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#480E69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E69

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E69	1.00	13.62	1.54	13.62
#FFFFFF	13.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43273D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.146 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5695',
    500: '#480e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e69;
$custom-light: #7f5695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.242,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31952,
    "c": 0.14557,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E69

secondary

#5AA231

accent

#F3357A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B030D

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E69

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

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