#480F59#480F59

#480F59 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.129 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480F59
RGB	rgb(72, 15, 89)
HSL	hsl(286, 71%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(286, 83%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 83.1%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.65, 37.78, -31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.65, 49.02, 320.42°)
OKLab	oklab(30.69% 0.0942 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(30.69% 0.129 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.6462, 2.4408, 9.6756)
Luminance	0.0244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480F59 #20590F

analogous

#230F59 #480F59 #590F45

triadic

#480F59 #59480F #0F5948

tetradic

#480F59 #59230F #20590F #0F4559

square

#480F59 #59230F #20590F #0F4559

split-complementary

#480F59 #45590F #0F5923

monochromatic

#15041A #1E0625 #480F59 #72188D #9D21C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.11

#480F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#480F59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480F59

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480F59	1.00	14.11	1.49	14.11
#FFFFFF	14.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#102D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 15, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.129 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5588',
    500: '#480f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480f59;
$custom-light: #7e5588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.216,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30694,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480F59

secondary

#489331

accent

#EE3A63

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #480F59

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

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