#480F5A#480F5A

#480F5A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.130 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480F5A
RGB	rgb(72, 15, 90)
HSL	hsl(286, 71%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(286, 83%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 83.3%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.73, 38.00, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.73, 49.54, 320.10°)
OKLab	oklab(30.77% 0.094 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(30.77% 0.13 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.6885, 2.4577, 9.8983)
Luminance	0.0246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480F5A #215A0F

analogous

#220F5A #480F5A #5A0F46

triadic

#480F5A #5A480F #0F5A48

tetradic

#480F5A #5A220F #215A0F #0F465A

square

#480F5A #5A220F #215A0F #0F465A

split-complementary

#480F5A #465A0F #0F5A22

monochromatic

#15041A #1E0626 #480F5A #72188E #9C20C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.08

#480F5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#480F5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480F5A

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480F5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480F5A	1.00	14.08	1.49	14.08
#FFFFFF	14.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F2D58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480f5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 15, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.130 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5589',
    500: '#480f5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480f5a;
$custom-light: #7e5589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480f5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.6,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30773,
    "c": 0.12984,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480F5A

secondary

#499431

accent

#EE3A65

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #480F5A

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

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